Name of Object:

Turkish café, Smyrna, 9 November 1837

Other name of the Object (second name):

Taken from Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée (Traveling in southern Russia and the Crimea)

Location:

Paris, France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

 About National Library of France, Paris

Date of Object:

1848

Author:

Lithographer: Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet (1804-1860)

Inventory Number:

DC-189 (9)-FOL

Description:

Denis-Auguste-Marie Raffet (1804–1860), sketcher and painter, travelled to Southern Russia, Crimea and Turkey with the Prince Demidoff in 1837. He brought back with him a few hundred illustrated pages, which were published in Voyage en Crimée. This image, depicting a café in Smyrna (Izmir), the "Little Paris" of the Ottoman Empire, is an excellent example of Orientalist drawing.

Type of Object

Lithograph

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

DC-189 (9)-FOL

Citation of this web page:

"Turkish café, Smyrna, 9 November 1837" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;66;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 066