Vulcano, Lipari Islands, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy
1788
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Number X: View of Constantinople outside the Seraglio walls; in the foreground, two groups of small boats meeting at centre, each with a leader standing on the front of the boat, wearing a long cloak and hat; in the background, a mansion with a dome seen to left; a large army seen standing by the mansion, observing the meeting between a Lord ('Gran Signore') and the Pasha which took place before the Turkish fleet left for the the Black Sea on 5 April 1785.
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