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The quarantine station of Lefkada island.

Town and harbour of Vathi, Ithaka island.

Agios Markos square, Zakynthos island

An İçoğlan, servant in the imperial Palace, during a writing lesson, with his teacher.

The Grand Vizier riding a horse.

Dinner at Crisso, near Delphi, in the house of the bishop of Salona.

View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.

The bazaar of Athens. On the forefront, on the right, an emancipated African slave. On the doorway, the owner of the coffeehouse who is brigning a tray with coffee to the Ottoman governor Disdar Aga. Disdar Aga is sitting on the stairs, dressed in red, and next to him sits another Turkish aga. Standing at the entrance of the coffeehouse, the Greek voivode (governor) of Salamis island, who is conversing a Greek Baratario (protegé of a foreign power). At the centre of the picture, three Turkish women covered with long white veils. According to Edward Dodwell's description, the rest of the women depicted are Arvanite. Standing, on the right, a devout Muslim in green costume, an indication that he has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.

View of the plain of Larissa from settlement close to the city. Snapshot of everyday life at the village.

View of the Rotonda in Thessaloniki.

Landscape at Pangaion Hills.

Interior of footwear shop at the bazaar of Izmir.

The interior of a coffeshop, Izmir.

Greek dance.

Turkish man smoking his hookah.

“Palikaria” and heads of irregular troops at the temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth.

Lake Copais (formerly also called lake Cephissis).

Ancient wall structure at Thermopylae.

Velestino in Thessaly.

Mosque at the spring of Kefalovryso, the Hyperian fountain of antiquity, at Velestino (ancient Pherae). In the foreground, part of a column, most possibly from the temple of Zeus Thaulios.

Landscape at Lefkada island.

Street before a café, Istanbul.

Portrait of count Alexandre de Laborde in his travelling costume, Istanbul.

View of the bridge of Justinian or Sangarius Bridge. The bridge is situated on Sangarius (Sakarya) river, near Sabanca lake, outside Adapazari, on the route from Iznik to Izmit. Today the bed of Sangarius lies to the east of the bridge, which only covers the smaller tributary Sark Deresi river (anc. Melas). On the foreground, the now-lost triumphal arch at the western end of the bridge.