The Kız Kulesi is now used as a beacon for ships entering the strait, and boats passing the estuary.
The Kiz Koulasi. Leander’s, or The Maiden’s Tower on the Bosporus.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
The Theodosian Walls. The Triple Wall of Constantinople.
The Triple Wall of Constantinople. On the Land side, near Top Kapousi. Constantinople and its environs.
The Cistern of Binbirdirek called the Thousand and One Pillars.
The Cistern of Binbirdirek or Cistern of Philoxenos called the Thousand and One Pillars is a man-made subterranean reservoir in Istanbul.
Mughal Emperor Humayun in the usual court attire of an audience.
Mughal Emperor Nasir ud din Muhammad Humayun in the usual court attire of an audience. Mogul lady in a house costume. Farrukhsiyar, grandson of Grand Mogul Aurangzeb. Farrukhsiyar 10th Grand Mogul of India.
Colossal figure at the temple of Singa-Sarie. Island of Java 1861.
The large figure is one of two figures evidently placed to guard each side of the approach to the beautiful temple of Singa-Sarie (lion flower) which is close at hand.
The great beauty of the Colonade in the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, Delphi.
The portico of the Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque framing the courtyard area consists of columns/pillars from destroyed Hindu and Jain temples.
Tropical river scene on Java. Plants of a tropical landscape.
River scene, Java. The most beautiful and interesting plants of a tropical landscape.
The city of Bangkok may almost be described as a floating city.
Bangkok, capital of Siam in 1875. As one steams up the broad river to the capital, the scene, at first sight, is purely Oriental.
Coat of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II (1686-1743), founder of Jaipur, India.
Coat of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II (1686-1743), founder of Jeypore (Jaipur); silk and gold, embroidered with silk.
Char-aina. Thick padded Coat with four body pieces of plate Armor.
Armory of H.H. The Nawab of Tonk, Rajputana (Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan 1848-1930), Central India.