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Greek lady living in the territories of the Venetian Republic.

Man from Sfakia, Crete.

Woman from Sfakia, Crete.

Young noble lady from Macedonia.

Lady of Macedonia.

Married lady from Thessaloniki.

Lady of Lesbos.

Prostitute from Rhodes.

Greek lady of Syria.

Colossal lion at the north-eastern foot of Hymettos.

Orthodox priest costume.

Α. Greek bride.

Α. Greek woman in domestic outfit and Greek girl with covered face. Β. Greek lady on the street.

Β. Traveler's outfit.

Greek dance (Tripoudi or Terpoudia).

General view of Athens from Hadrian's Aqueduct (Dexameni) in Athens.

Street in Athens. In the background the Gate of Athena Archegetis (mod. Pazaroporta).

The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens, with the Acropolis in the background. Seikh Mustafa, chief of the order of Whirling Dervishes, who used the monument as their tekije (dervish lodge), is standing at the entrance of the monument, leaning on a staff, with his back turned. In the foreground, a woman from an affluent family is promenading with her daughters and maidservant.

The library of Hadrian seen from the house of Nikolaos Logothetis, consul of Britain in Athens. In the foreground, the soap mills. An Ottoman aga receiving a visitor; an Albanian groom.

View of the Choregic Monument of Thrasyllus (Church of Panagia Spiliotissa). Mount Hymettus in the background; at its feet the church of Agios Georgios Alexandrinos. The domed building on the right is the church of Agia Paraskevi, and between the church and the rock stands the metochion of Agioi Asomatoi monastery. The people gathered are waiting for the priest who is going to perform the service at Panagia Spiliotissa.