Postcard illustration of historical Damascus

Item

Description
Postcard taken from an engraving by Lemaitre and Lalaisse of 'The reception of a Venetian ambassadors in Damascus in 1511', published in 'Historia de Turquia' (1840) by Joseph Marie Jouannin and Jules Van Gaver. The original painting, possibly by Bellini or his pupils, hangs in the Louvre.
Subject
Architecture
Spatial Coverage
Syria
Damascus
Identifier
MS 215 Add. 1
Format
Postcard
Resource class
Still Image