The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

THE FIRST GALA. OF THEISEASON

is fixed for
TUESDAY, THE FIRST OF MAY.

THE SCENIC REPRESENTATION
selected is
THE QUEEN OF CITIES,

CONSTANTINOPLE!

A View affording the greatest capabilities for the display of
taste and talent, for the introduction of Pyrotechnic Works,
and alike suited to

DAY OR NIGHT EXHIBITION.
This Gigantic Representation is taken from

" THE GOLDEN HORN,"

in such a position that the whole glory of the princely Port at
once bursts upon the view; and the

ARTIFICIAL LAKE,
which has been greatly improved, serves, like the silvery
Bosphorus (whose waves gently wash the basements of the
numerous dwellings that skirt the shore), to reflect in quiver-
ing, pendant shades the graceful outlines of the towering
minarets that shroud themselves in the deep shadows of the
overtopping cypresses, and the rich autumnal tints of the
stately plane trees, that bend their haughty heads in the
majesty of luxuriant verdure.
The magnificence of the most gorgeous city in the world will
sink into insignificance when compared with Constantinople.
Such is the surpassing beauty of its numerous edifices, and
such the adornments of nature added, that the spectator seems
to look on fairy land—to behold the embodiment of the wildest
visions—to be the denizen of a new world. The beautiful
Eastern blue that pervades the whole Picture gives to it a
distance pleasing and effective, and affords a powerful relief to
the more prominent objects, amongst which may be enume-
rated
THE MOSQUE OF SOLIMAINE,
. _

the shrine of iiePrOPhejs beard, with its four graceful mina-
rets towering to the sky, its mighty dome, and cloistered courts.

THE MOSQUE OF SELIM.
THE SERASKIER'S TOWER.
THE MOSQUE OF BAJAZET.
THE MOSQUE OF YEISF.F MENT.
THE MOULDERING TOWER OF GALATA

THE PALACE OF MAHMOUD,
clad in the richest tints of nature, presents a gorgeous con-
trast; and so simple yet magnificent is the scene, so chaste
and delicate the tone of colouring in the richly broken lines of
verdure, that, like Nature's self, it defies descriptive art.

THE AMPHITHEATRE OF HILLS,
that encircle the majestic city, are represented with the same
truthfulness that pervades the whole Painting; and each apex
is so softened to the tint of our colder sky, that "where Nature
ends and Art begins" is really questionable.

THE SHIPPING,
with the fairy-like diques passing to and fro, all aid a scene
which has been dignified as " nothing less delightful than
Poetry in action."
At twilight, the Minarets of all the Mosques will be
BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED;
and it is anticipated that the effects produced in pourtraying
-- -

THE TURKISH RAMAZAN, OR LENT,
will exceed in magnificence anything hitherto attempted in the

PYROTECHNIC ART;
and while faithfully following those magical transitions that
render the Illuminations of STAMBOUL unlike those of any
European Capital, they will be of that extravagant character
that will produce the climax of beauty and brilliancy.

THE PAINTING AND MODELLING
has been executed under the able superintendence of Mr.
BATTLE, of London, whose skill and long connection with the
Artistic Department of the Royal Vauxhall Gardens, give him
so powerful a conception of effect and colour, that he has been
enabled to produce a Picture which may unhesitatingly be
classed as a Work of Art, and which cannot fail to command
the acme of eclat.