Description
The old Barrack Hospital at Scutari, Florence Nightingale’s base during the Crimean War, is still in existence. Scutari was the Greek name for the district of Istanbul now known as Uskudar (pronounced ewskewdar). It is located on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus right opposite the peninsula of Stamboul which is where the Blue Mosque is located.
A similar watercolour by Preziosi painted in the same year is illustrated on the website of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
