Lot Essay
The large building in the foreground is probably the Kibrisli Yalisi (the mansion of Mustafa Emin Pasha, the governor of Cyprus in the mid-18th Century).
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Amadeo, Count Preziosi (1816-1882)
The Bosphorus from the Anatolian side, looking towards Rumeli Hisar
signed and dated 'Preziosi/1853'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white on J. Whatman paper, unframed
10 x 14¼in. (26 x 36cm.)
The Bosphorus from the Anatolian side, looking towards Rumeli Hisar
signed and dated 'Preziosi/1853'; pencil and watercolour heightened with white on J. Whatman paper, unframed
10 x 14¼in. (26 x 36cm.)