GRAVURE

Vue Generale de Constantinople, 19th C. 16 x 22 cm (image size). From painting of Jacob Jacobs (Belgian, 1812-1879). General View of Constantinople (Vue Générale de Constantinople), is one of several paintings by the artist offering a picturesque view of Istanbul’s Golden Horn, and some of the city’s famous sites, including Hagia Sophia and its newly added minarets, as well as the Galata Tower. A version of this painting was displayed at the 1842 Brussels Salon, where it won a gold medal, and was described as showing Sultan Mahmoud II disembarking in Tophane, a neighborhood in Constantinople. This painting is published as lithography in:
-La Renaissance, Chronique des Arts et de la Littérature, tomes 3-4, Bruxelles, 1841-1842, p. 78, Exposition nationale des Beaux-arts de 1842 : entre les p. 72 et 73, le feuillet 10 représente, "Une vue générale de Constantinople, lithographié par M. Stroobant d'après M. Jacob-Jacobs"
-http://www.daheshmuseum.org/portfolio/jacob-jacobs-general-view-of-constantinople/#.YepszNJBzcs