ALLAN, John H.
John Harrison Allan was from Britain. He was a member of the Athenian Archaeological Society and the Egyptian Society of Cairo. He made a journey to the Mediterranean from April 1841 to June 1842. This Grand Tour of the East had become quite usual for wealthy European in the 19th century, and was considered almost a necessity, as a means to educate oneself and as a sign of social status.
Allan published his memoir in 1843, creating a work, of interest above all for its illustrations, which was republished two times. The plates illustrating this large-format work were based on drawings made by Allan himself. The edition is comprised by forty lithographs and sixty-eight wood engravings.
The voyage began in Liverpool. The ship reached Venice by way of Gibraltar and Malta, sailed across the Adriatic and the Aegean sea and reached Istanbul. In continuation, the company sailed along the coast of Asia Minor, stopped over at Syros and set anchor at Alexandria. They explored Egypt down to the cataracts of the Nile in Assouan and returned to Alexandria. After a stopover at Malta, they were in Syros again, from where they travelled to Athens. They toured Attica, the Peloponnese, Delphi, and reached Patras. They then visited the Ionian islands, and sailed to Malta, Sicily, Southern Italy, Rome, Marseilles, Barcelona, Malaga and Lisbon.
Written by Ioli Vingopoulou
ALLAN, John H. - Samos
ALLAN, John H. - Rest Images
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View between Senglea and Vitoriosa in the Grand Harbor of Malta.
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The remains of the Temple of Apollo in Didyma, ancient city of Asia Minor.
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Fig. 1. View of the post of Barcelona, Spain. Fig. 2. View of the Cathedral of Valencia, Spain.
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Fig. 1. View of the port of Cartagena, Spain. Fig. 2. View of the Cathedral of Malaga, Spain.
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Pompey's Pillar, also known as Triumphal pillar of Diocletian, in Alexandria, Egypt.
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View of the eastern shores of the Dardanelles. In the background the Sultaniye Castle.
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Title page. Scenes from the author's trip to the Mediterranean.
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Iris, the ship in which the author travelled from Malta to the Gulf of Trieste, Italy.
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Dancing dervishes of the Mevlevi Order, in the Tekes of Pera (Istanbul).
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The central square of the city of Kos with the Plane tree of Hippocrates.
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The ruins of the Thermae of Gaius Xenophon (Kos) at the Asclepion of Kos island.
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Lycian sarcophagi and mausoleums at Fethiye (anc. Telmessos) in Asia Minor.
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View of Minya in Egypt. In the background the El-Amrawy Mosque.
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View of the great hypostele of the Temple of Amun-Re at the Precinct of Amun-Re in Karnak.
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Front view of the Temple of Ramses II, also known as the Great Temple, in Abu Simbel, in Egypt.
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View of the Hellenistic Temple of Serapis in Meharakka, location between Amada and Wadi es-Sebua.
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View of the Kiosk of Trajan, on the island Philae, near Aswan.
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View of the ruins of Antinopolis, today Sheikh Ibada, Egypt.
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View of Nafplio. On the left Palamidi, on the right the Bourtzi.
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View of Taormina in Sicily. On the left the Saracen castle of Taormina.
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View of the Temple of Isis and the Kiosk of Trajan on the island Philae, in Lake Nasser, in Aswan.
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Interior view of the Temple of Ramses II, also known as the Great Temple, in Abu Simbel, in Egypt.
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Coats of arms. Author's dedication to Prince William of Prussia.
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View of the Temple of Apollo in Ancient Corinth. In the background the Acrocorinth.
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The Sphinx in front of the Pyramid of Chephren in Giza, Egypt.
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View of the Pyramids at Giza from the quarries of Gebel el-Ahmar, on the Mokattam hills.
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View of the Temple of Ramses II, in Wadi es-Sebua, near Aswan.
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Interior view of the Temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple, in Egypt.
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View of an Egyptian temple at Kalabsha (anc. Talmis), near Aswan.
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View of Fuwwah, city close to the Delta of Nile, east of Alexandria.
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America, the ship in which the author sailed to Alexandria, Egypt.
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The ship Great Liverpool, in which the author traveled from Egypt to Greece.