Richard Guyon's grave in the "English" cemetery in Haydarpaşa
Visit to the Ottoman Empire
travelphoto
| Accession Nr.: | D.4556.2. |
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| Type: | photograph |
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| Date of production: |
1905−1906
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| Acquisition: | collection of Dezső Bozóky |
| Materials/Techniques: | colour print, photo enlargement |
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| Dimensions: | height: 53 cm width: 53 cm |
exhibition material of Kolta Gallery, 8.5x17 cm, new enlargement from the original stereo glass diapositive variant: D.4556. Constantinople (İstanbul), Haydarpaşa quarter. The British-born Hungarian general took refuge in Turkey after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. In the 1853–1856 Crimean War, he and György Kmety were responsible for the defence of the Castle of Kars, until it fell in 1855.