Details

Subject(s)

• Ayasofya Müzesi—Photographs [Browse]
• Mosques—Turkey—Istanbul—Photographs [Browse]
• Mevleviyeh—Turkey—Photographs [Browse]
• Palaces—Turkey—Istanbul—Photographs [Browse]
• Galata (Istanbul, Turkey)—Photographs [Browse]
• Golden Horn (Turkey)—Photographs [Browse]
• Istanbul (Turkey)—Photographs [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Photographs [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Albumen prints—19th century [Browse]
• Photograph albums z Turkey—istanbul—1885 [Browse]
• Photographs—19th century [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

ca. 1885.

Summary note

Consists of 30 albumen prints (8 x 10 in.) of people and scenes in Constantinople, published by Sebah & Joaillier. Included sights are the Galata Tower, mosques, the church of Hagia Sophia, whirling dervishes, the Golden Horn, palaces along the Bosphorus, and Leander's Tower. Many of the images are captioned, numbered, and signed in the print.

Source acquisition

Purchase; Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund. AM 2005-140.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

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