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Les Croisades, L'Entrée à Constantinople

 
Accession number AR.EP.PC.0038
Alternative title The Entrance to Constantinople
Places
Istanbul [Constantinople] (Turkey)
Turkey
Measurements
3.5 x 5.3 inches
Materials/Techniques
woodcut
Work types
postcard

Description

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Les Chefs-d’Oeuvre de Gustave Doré [the masterpieces of Gustave Doré]

Les Croisades. [the Crusades]

L'Entrée à Constantinople [entrance to Constantinople]

Quand les croisés entrèrent dans Constantinople à la lueur des flammes, le bruit de leurs trompettes fut couvert par les cris éplorés des habitants qui venaient se jeter aux pieds de leurs vainqueurs. [When the crusaders entered Constantinople in the glow of the flames, the sound of their trumpets was muffled by the bereaved cries of the people who threw themselves at the feet of their conquerors.]

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Collection

Ephemera Collection
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Archives, 054.SUZ.02.PCbox.094
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
Accession number AR.EP.PC.0038
Alternative title The Entrance to Constantinople
Places
Istanbul [Constantinople] (Turkey)
Turkey
Measurements
3.5 x 5.3 inches
Materials/Techniques
woodcut
Work types
postcard

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