Twelve views in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus / by Commander Montagu O'Reilly, R.N.
Alternate Title(s):
Series of twelve views from water-colour sketches made on the spot, during the period of service of H.M.S. Retribution in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus, with a short account of each drawing
Published / Created:
London : Day & Son, 1856.
Physical Description:
4 p., 13 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 39 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDK509 .O74 1856+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, on original printed wrappers: A series of twelve views from water-colour sketches made on the spot, during the period of service of H.M.S. Retribution in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus, with a short account of each drawing.Tinted lithographs by J. Needham; after Montague O'Reilly. Printed by Day & Son.Title page is lithographed.Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 241BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary half parchment and green cloth. Bookplate: Viscount Halifax with arms in gilt on front cover.
Contents:
Sweet waters of Asia -- Turkish Grave-yard (Bosphorus) -- Beikos Bay and Fleet (Bosphorus) -- View of the Bosphorus (from Sultan's Valley) -- Ghelendijik Bay (Coast of Circassia) -- Site of the Treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi (Bosphorus) -- Baltschik Bay (Declaration of War) -- Monastery of St George (Crimea) -- Cape Kara-Bournou (Black Cape, Roumelia) -- Kustendjeh (Bulgaria) -- Balaklava Harbour (Crimea) -- The Castle of Roumili Hissar (Bosphorus).
Subject Terms:
Crimean War, 1853–1856 -- Pictorial works. | Black Sea Region -- Pictorial works. | Bosporus (Turkey) -- Pictorial works. | Day & Son -- Publisher. | Lithography -- Specimens -- 1856.