Dawn near entrance, Dardanelles

A view across water at the entrance of the Dardanelles with a small civilian craft in the foreground. Several ruins appear on the shore and behind that the land rises steeply. The artist noted this scene in her book 'Our Camp in Turkey, and the way to it', p.26: 'Within the Straits, under some very beautifully coloured hills, we saw a succession of singular erections of white stone: their graduated size and form negatived the idea of their being old windmills: I fancied them the piles of a viaduct, but afterwards heard that a line of telegraphic communication had existed in this place. This appears very unlikely; but I made a sketch of the erections. Off the shore was the wreck of a caique: it looked quite new and bright, with a gaily painted green cabin. On the sand were a row of casks, probably of Tenedos wine, saved from her cargo; and near them, a little tent.' This drawing is one of 26 illustrations by Mrs Marianne Young (also known as Marianne Postans) prepared for her book 'Our Camp in Turkey, and the way to it', published by Richard Bentley, London 1854. Due to the outbreak of the Crimean War they were not included in the original publication.