The Fountain of the Gate of the Old Seraglio, Constantinople
John Frederick Lewis · 1838
Why it's great
A domed fountain stands at the gate of the old palace of the Ottoman sultans in Constantinople, in a drawing by the English artist John Frederick Lewis, who traveled through the Ottoman capital in the 1830s and 1840s.
🏛️ Part of history
Byzantium & the Fall of Constantinople (527–1453) — A domed fountain stands at the gate of the old palace of the Ottoman sultans in Constantinople, in a drawing by the English artist John Frederick Lewis, who traveled through the Ottoman capital in the 1830s and 1840s.
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John Frederick Lewis was an English painter born in London in 1805. He traveled to Spain and the Middle East, lived in Cairo from 1841 to 1851, and became famous for detailed scenes of Eastern life. He died in Walton-on-Thames in 1876.
