1 10 33 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/e36114155a016fbab06f89cd04cac4ae.jpg 5420d7b819348bda920fb830b2189abd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bossoli's Album Description An account of the resource The talents of Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884), a Swiss-born Italian artist who spent his youth in Odessa, attracted the attention of no less a figure than Count Mikhail Vorontsov, governor-general of New Russia and Bessarabia. Vorontsov commissed a series of views of Odessa, which Bossoli executed with success. Between 1840 and 1842 Bossoli lived on Vorontsov's estate at Alupka, using it as a base for exploring the peninsula in its entirety. He produced the album from which these watercolors are taken just as the Crimean War was breaking out in 1853. The timing was auspicious and Bossoli's publisher (Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen) was quite pleased with <a title="the view from London" href="/items/show/615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the resulting buzz</a>. Bossoli's album is a rarity: no more than 500 copies were printed in 1856. The album consisted of 52 watercolors and pastels. The images shown here were digitized and graciously made available by the Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They are available here for educational, non-commercial purposes only. Interestingly enough, a bilingual edition (Russian and English) was reproduced in Kiev in 2003. The publication was made possible by 1) the Republican Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 2) the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and 3) the vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The editors of the 2003 volume had high hopes that Crimea "should become an integral historical-cultural and natural preserve and prosper in the unity of nations living on its land." From their perspective, Bossoli's paintings "show the Crimea as an infinitely beautiful, well-developed, and happy land..."  See for yourself.<hr /> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bossoli-paintings Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 1 of 34 leaves of colored plates Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute [<a href="http://gordonlibrary.wpi.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=6520" target="_blank">go to the record</a>] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Dance of Tartars" Description An account of the resource Crimean Tatars dance, play music, smoke pipes, and lounge in a remarkably lush landscape. Bossoli notes that the setting is Massandra - one of the estate properties of Prince Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov, who served as Governor-General of Novorossiia and Bessarabia from 1823 until 1844. The estate house is visible in the background. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Carlo Bossoli, The beautiful scenery and chief places of interest throughout the Crimea from paintings (London: Day & Son, 1856) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carlo Bossoli Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1844 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of Preservation, Curation and Archives, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Neatline Display Neatline Exhibit 30 landscape lithograph mountains southern coast Tatar culture Tatar instruments https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/913821bfc964bc853c7b0737767f9daa.jpg 37affa2f1c80dcf2733a13f623e97d75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bossoli's Album Description An account of the resource The talents of Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884), a Swiss-born Italian artist who spent his youth in Odessa, attracted the attention of no less a figure than Count Mikhail Vorontsov, governor-general of New Russia and Bessarabia. Vorontsov commissed a series of views of Odessa, which Bossoli executed with success. Between 1840 and 1842 Bossoli lived on Vorontsov's estate at Alupka, using it as a base for exploring the peninsula in its entirety. He produced the album from which these watercolors are taken just as the Crimean War was breaking out in 1853. The timing was auspicious and Bossoli's publisher (Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen) was quite pleased with <a title="the view from London" href="/items/show/615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the resulting buzz</a>. Bossoli's album is a rarity: no more than 500 copies were printed in 1856. The album consisted of 52 watercolors and pastels. The images shown here were digitized and graciously made available by the Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They are available here for educational, non-commercial purposes only. Interestingly enough, a bilingual edition (Russian and English) was reproduced in Kiev in 2003. The publication was made possible by 1) the Republican Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 2) the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and 3) the vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The editors of the 2003 volume had high hopes that Crimea "should become an integral historical-cultural and natural preserve and prosper in the unity of nations living on its land." From their perspective, Bossoli's paintings "show the Crimea as an infinitely beautiful, well-developed, and happy land..."  See for yourself.<hr /> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bossoli-paintings Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 1 of 34 leaves of colored plates Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute [<a href="http://gordonlibrary.wpi.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=6520" target="_blank">go to the record</a>] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Tartars Travelling on the Plains" Description An account of the resource This image shows Crimean Tatars traveling on foot, on horseback, and in camel-driven wagons. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Carlo Bossoli, The beautiful scenery and chief places of interest throughout the Crimea from paintings (London: Day & Son, 1856) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carlo Bossoli Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1844 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of Preservation, Curation and Archives, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Neatline Display Neatline Exhibit 32 camels family lithograph travel weather women https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/412e8645172a1734d584e4519ccb5ca0.jpg 242dccd79c8f53b0e5842688a4138f91 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Demidov's Voyage Illustrations Description An account of the resource Illustrations from a volume held at the John Hay Library, Brown University Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anatole de Demidoff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context demidov-voyage Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository John Hay Library, Brown University Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Russian Military Convoy Halts Description An account of the resource View of Russian soldiers resting at the side of the road. In peacetime, Russian soldiers were tasked with public works projects. This group was building the road between Yalta and Alupka. 12 August 1837 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Anatolii Demidov, Album du Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, La Valachie et la Moldavie>, ed. Ernest Bourdin (Paris, 1838) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Auguste Marie Raffet Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library lithograph mountains oxen Russian military tree-felling https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/f8cf9638fa0b596df7f50569c157c40a.jpg 28d2b69900055d7f0007ee824f71e6b1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bossoli's Album Description An account of the resource The talents of Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884), a Swiss-born Italian artist who spent his youth in Odessa, attracted the attention of no less a figure than Count Mikhail Vorontsov, governor-general of New Russia and Bessarabia. Vorontsov commissed a series of views of Odessa, which Bossoli executed with success. Between 1840 and 1842 Bossoli lived on Vorontsov's estate at Alupka, using it as a base for exploring the peninsula in its entirety. He produced the album from which these watercolors are taken just as the Crimean War was breaking out in 1853. The timing was auspicious and Bossoli's publisher (Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen) was quite pleased with <a title="the view from London" href="/items/show/615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the resulting buzz</a>. Bossoli's album is a rarity: no more than 500 copies were printed in 1856. The album consisted of 52 watercolors and pastels. The images shown here were digitized and graciously made available by the Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They are available here for educational, non-commercial purposes only. Interestingly enough, a bilingual edition (Russian and English) was reproduced in Kiev in 2003. The publication was made possible by 1) the Republican Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 2) the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and 3) the vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The editors of the 2003 volume had high hopes that Crimea "should become an integral historical-cultural and natural preserve and prosper in the unity of nations living on its land." From their perspective, Bossoli's paintings "show the Crimea as an infinitely beautiful, well-developed, and happy land..."  See for yourself.<hr /> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bossoli-paintings Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 1 of 34 leaves of colored plates Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute [<a href="http://gordonlibrary.wpi.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=6520" target="_blank">go to the record</a>] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Tartar House in the Village of Alupka Description An account of the resource View of Tatar house in Alupka with Crimean mountains in the background. Tatars stand and sit in the foreground outside the house. Bossoli's note: "Such houses are generally constructed abutting a large rock, the side of which is used as a wall. The roof is flat, and upon it, when the weather is fair, the inhabitants commonly assemble, working or enjoying one another's society." Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Carlo Bossoli, The beautiful scenery and chief places of interest throughout the Crimea from paintings (London: Day & Son, 1856) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carlo Bossoli Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1844 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of Preservation, Curation and Archives, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute landscape lithograph mountains Tatar culture Tatar house https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/4a222c61f21b3763635ee86b827a5ff3.jpg dfed0701ba46dcce99d83ac83c62be27 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Demidov's Voyage Illustrations Description An account of the resource Illustrations from a volume held at the John Hay Library, Brown University Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anatole de Demidoff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context demidov-voyage Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository John Hay Library, Brown University Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Traveling Tatar Family Description An account of the resource A Crimean Tatar family travels on horseback and on foot near Yalta. Women in burkas carry infants in their laps. Demidov writes that "throughout the summer season, the influx of wealthy people who inhabit the southern coast of Crimea offers farmers a profitable outlet for their products..." The lithograph is dated 15 August 1837. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Anatolii Demidov, Album du Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, La Valachie et la Moldavie>, ed. Ernest Bourdin (Paris, 1838) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Auguste Marie Raffet Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library Islam lithograph Tatar culture travel https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/8c1b360ec003494594a1588aec7b7563.jpg f417cd1c51a1b31160ddf9302eb11940 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bossoli's Album Description An account of the resource The talents of Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884), a Swiss-born Italian artist who spent his youth in Odessa, attracted the attention of no less a figure than Count Mikhail Vorontsov, governor-general of New Russia and Bessarabia. Vorontsov commissed a series of views of Odessa, which Bossoli executed with success. Between 1840 and 1842 Bossoli lived on Vorontsov's estate at Alupka, using it as a base for exploring the peninsula in its entirety. He produced the album from which these watercolors are taken just as the Crimean War was breaking out in 1853. The timing was auspicious and Bossoli's publisher (Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen) was quite pleased with <a title="the view from London" href="/items/show/615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the resulting buzz</a>. Bossoli's album is a rarity: no more than 500 copies were printed in 1856. The album consisted of 52 watercolors and pastels. The images shown here were digitized and graciously made available by the Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They are available here for educational, non-commercial purposes only. Interestingly enough, a bilingual edition (Russian and English) was reproduced in Kiev in 2003. The publication was made possible by 1) the Republican Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 2) the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and 3) the vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The editors of the 2003 volume had high hopes that Crimea "should become an integral historical-cultural and natural preserve and prosper in the unity of nations living on its land." From their perspective, Bossoli's paintings "show the Crimea as an infinitely beautiful, well-developed, and happy land..."  See for yourself.<hr /> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bossoli-paintings Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 1 of 34 leaves of colored plates Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute [<a href="http://gordonlibrary.wpi.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=6520" target="_blank">go to the record</a>] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alushta Description An account of the resource Panorama view of the city of Alushta, located on Crimea's southern coast with Crimean mountains in the background and Crimean Tatars on foot and on horseback in the foreground. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Carlo Bossoli, The beautiful scenery and chief places of interest throughout the Crimea from paintings (London: Day & Son, 1856) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carlo Bossoli Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1844 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of Preservation, Curation and Archives, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute cityscape cypress Greek church landscape lithograph mountains southern coast https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/65519a9487c19fbcf2710e91b782b049 8b7b74441166ef41dd16e8a324bbc3d1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Demidov's Voyage Illustrations Description An account of the resource Illustrations from a volume held at the John Hay Library, Brown University Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anatole de Demidoff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context demidov-voyage Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository John Hay Library, Brown University Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Armenians and Tatars in a Cafe Description An account of the resource Interior view of a cafe. Men sit around a table cross-legged smoking pipes. They have taken off their shoes. 18 October 1837 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Anatolii Demidov, Album du Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, La Valachie et la Moldavie>, ed. Ernest Bourdin (Paris, 1838) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Auguste Marie Raffet Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library leisure lithograph Tatar culture https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/b445900f108795af911dcde47104333b.jpg 4763949f7cbc261e1d85247034c5d017 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Demidov's Voyage Illustrations Description An account of the resource Illustrations from a volume held at the John Hay Library, Brown University Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anatole de Demidoff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context demidov-voyage Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository John Hay Library, Brown University Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Butcher and Other Tatar Merchants Description An account of the resource View of Crimean Tatar butcher and other merchants, smoking and talking in the street outside their stalls. Meat hangs from hooks at the butcher's stall and a pack of dogs sit opposite the merchants. 20 August 1837 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Anatolii Demidov, Album du Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, La Valachie et la Moldavie>, ed. Ernest Bourdin (Paris, 1838) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Auguste Marie Raffet Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library lithograph Tatar culture https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/75011c3bf69ee51d7281cbc748d97910.jpg 0ccbe6688296477ba8f64259e1a68916 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Demidov's Voyage Illustrations Description An account of the resource Illustrations from a volume held at the John Hay Library, Brown University Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anatole de Demidoff Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Voyage dans la Russie Meridionale et la Crimee Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context demidov-voyage Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository John Hay Library, Brown University Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Chateau of Count Voronstov Description An account of the resource View of Count Mikhail Vorontsov's palace in the distance with Crimean Tatar men gathered in a circle in the foreground. According to Demidov, the (coastal) region around Alupka, "washed in sunlight and bathed by the sea," was quite the fashionable destination as a romantic realm of summer residences studded with "Gothic castles, English cottages, Swiss chalets, [and] American farms" [28] The image is dated 12 August 1837. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Anatolii Demidov, Album du Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, La Valachie et la Moldavie>, ed. Ernest Bourdin (Paris, 1838) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Denis Auguste Marie Raffet Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1837 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library castle landscape lithograph sea southern coast Tatar culture https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/beautifulspaces/original/40b018677e8fe42b91855434ab5b39c7.jpg 3488c03d5de18d151a646d52bb112b4a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bossoli's Album Description An account of the resource The talents of Carlo Bossoli (1815-1884), a Swiss-born Italian artist who spent his youth in Odessa, attracted the attention of no less a figure than Count Mikhail Vorontsov, governor-general of New Russia and Bessarabia. Vorontsov commissed a series of views of Odessa, which Bossoli executed with success. Between 1840 and 1842 Bossoli lived on Vorontsov's estate at Alupka, using it as a base for exploring the peninsula in its entirety. He produced the album from which these watercolors are taken just as the Crimean War was breaking out in 1853. The timing was auspicious and Bossoli's publisher (Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen) was quite pleased with <a title="the view from London" href="/items/show/615" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the resulting buzz</a>. Bossoli's album is a rarity: no more than 500 copies were printed in 1856. The album consisted of 52 watercolors and pastels. The images shown here were digitized and graciously made available by the Gordon Library at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. They are available here for educational, non-commercial purposes only. Interestingly enough, a bilingual edition (Russian and English) was reproduced in Kiev in 2003. The publication was made possible by 1) the Republican Committee for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 2) the Ministry of Culture of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and 3) the vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The editors of the 2003 volume had high hopes that Crimea "should become an integral historical-cultural and natural preserve and prosper in the unity of nations living on its land." From their perspective, Bossoli's paintings "show the Crimea as an infinitely beautiful, well-developed, and happy land..."  See for yourself.<hr /> Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bossoli-paintings Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data 1 of 34 leaves of colored plates Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 56 cm Repository Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute [<a href="http://gordonlibrary.wpi.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=6520" target="_blank">go to the record</a>] Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interior of a Tartar House Description An account of the resource Interior view of a Tatar house. A Tatar family clusters close together around a glowing fire. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Carlo Bossoli, The beautiful scenery and chief places of interest throughout the Crimea from paintings (London: Day & Son, 1856) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carlo Bossoli Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1844 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Image courtesy of Preservation, Curation and Archives, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute family lithograph Tatar culture Tatar house