Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et des Rives du Bosphore d’Apres les Dessins de M. Melling

An early-19th century view of the excursion area and coffeehouse with a commanding view of the Bosphorus from the eastern edge of the flatland where Taksim Square is situated.
The foreground features two rather striking characteristic elements seen in the Ottoman-era gardens and picnic grounds. To the right is a plain pavilion covered with a plywood roof and surrounded with wooden posts while there is a viewing terrace shaded by trees and raised above the grass-covered ground. In the background, we can discern the Bayıldım Pavilion, situated where today's Swissôtel stands. Behind it, the Domes of the Tiled Pavilion of the Beşiktaş Palace, the Çirit Pavilion in the valley where today's İnönü Stadium is located, as well as the Haseki Tarlası (Tarlabaşı) Palace, encircled by high protective walls on the slopes of Maçka. The human figures visible in the engraving are comprised of palace guards who operate the coffeehouse, European males as well as unveiled non-Moslem women.