Acropolis of Athens (619 Subjects)
Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.
Title page of the first volume. Composition: The Acropolis of Athens with the Pyramids of Giza.
Topographic map of Athens.
Part of the Propylae of the Acropolis of Athens and the Temple of Athena Nike. In the foreground the pedestal of Agrippa. In the background the Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion).
Fragment from the west frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis of Athens.
View of the Choregic monument of Thrasyllus (Panagia Spiliotissa). On the right Hadrian's Arch and the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
The Parthenon from the west. On the right the Erechtheion.
View of the Erechtheion from the south. On the right Mount Lycabettus.
The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens. In the background Hadrian's Arch. On the right, the Acropolis.
The Temple of Hephaestus (Theseion), seen from the north-west.
North-west view of the Acropolis of Athens. In the background the Monument of Philopappus.
The northern wall of the Acropolis of Athens and the church of Metamorfosis Sotiros.
Fragments of the Parthenon frieze.
Illustration for the poem of Lord Byron "The Curse of Minerva": The Parthenon.
View of the Acropolis of Athens.
View of the Acropolis of Athens.
Title page. The Acropolis and the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens.
Panoramic view of Athens.
Landscape with Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Landscape at Cephissus river.
View of Athens from the Academy of Plato. The Acropolis and the temple of Hephaestus (left) in the background.
View of Athens from the south.
View of Athens from Philopappus Hill.
The temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
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 west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.
The Erechtheion from the southwest. In the distance, on the left, a group of Turkish musician who customarily performed on the Acropolis every day at three o'clock in the afternoon.
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.
Athens from the feet of Lycabettus Hill.
The Acropolis seen from Pnyx hill.