Serail Collection

Turkey. Constantinople - Topkapi Palace or Seraglio
Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace or Seraglio (Royal residence) from the Golden Horn. Engraving by Lemaitre, Fleury and Lalaisse

Panoramic view of Constantinople with the Seraglio Point
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople. Panoramic view of Constantinople with the Seraglio Point. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver

Topkapi Palace. Chapel of the relics of the Prophet
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Topkapi Palace. Chapel of the Seraglio. Relics of the Prophet. Engraving by Lemaitre

Turkey, Constantinople. Topkapi Palace. Gate of a Seraglio
Ottoman Empire. Turkey, Constantinople. Topkapi Palace. The Gate of a Seraglio. Historia de Turquia, 1840. Engraving by Lemaitre

Some of the principals at Covent Garden
This stylised illustration by Nerman shows the actors who appeared in the production of Mozart's Die Entfhrung aus dem Serail ('The Abduction from the Seraglio)

Map of the Seraglio Point, Istanbul, Turkey by Fr. Kauffer (1776 / 1786 surveys) with additional information from Barbie de Bocage (1819). Date: circa 1819

View of Beirut (Beyrouth) from Grand Serail, Lebanon
View of Beirut (Beyrouth) from Grand Serail, former headquarters of the French Governor, nowadays headquarters of the Prime Minister of Lebanon, including the Hamidiyyeh Clock Tower built in 1897

Istanbul, Turkey, Ahirkapi Balikcisi (Ahir Kapou) lighthouse
Istanbul, Turkey - Ahirkapi Balikcisi (Ahir Kapou) lighthouse at the entrance to the Bosphorus (on the European side) - Seraglio Point. Date: circa 1907

Israel / Jaffa Serail 1905
Jaffa: the Serail (harem) Date: circa 1905

Cartoon, Guarding Salonika, WW1
Cartoon, Guarding Salonika. Two sailors in white uniform on deck, watching the passing shipping. Date: 1916

Views of Syria - Seraglio Square, Damascus - Sea of Nazareth. Date: circa 1900

Damascus, Syria - Place du Serail and Barada River
Damascus, Syria - Place du Serail (Seraglio Square) and entrance to the Barada River. Date: circa 1906

Au serail

Saray Burnu, Constantinople, Turkey
Palace Point, Constantinople - La Pointe du Seraile or Saray Burnu (in Turkish)

Saray Burnu, Constantinople at sunrise
The Saray Burnu, Palace Point, Constantinople at sunrise, with the silhouette of the Topkapi Palace and the Mosques of the city

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