AN OTTOMAN PAINTING OF ISLAMIC HOLY PLACES AND THE SULTAN ABDULHAMID II, 20TH CENTURY

Oil on canvas depicting holy places and Ottoman buildings.
To the centre above, a floral roundel enclosing a portrait of the sultan Abdulhamid II, flanked on both sides with the tughra of the sultan and the Coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire.
Central to the second row a large cartouche enclosing a large view of Mecca, flanked on both sides with a view of Medina and the Mahmal during Hajj journey.
In the centre of the third row a depiction of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, flanked by Ottoman government buildings.