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[Horses of the Imperial Stud Farm] – Historic Reproduction

[Horses of the Imperial Stud Farm], [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[Horses of the Imperial Stud Farm], [between 1880 and 1893]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: [Horses of the Imperial Stud Farm], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Of the many horse pictures in this group, this one is set at the Imperial Stud Farm at Kağıthane, a valley north of Istanbul, and its caption appears in both Ottoman Turkish and French. It comes from an album of palaces, mosques, and monuments assembled for Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, who ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909 and used photography to document his realm. The print may be the work of Abdullah Frères, a studio of Ottoman-Armenian photographers active in Istanbul, which produced many views for the palace. Imperial stables were important to court ceremony and display, so the picture offers a glimpse of how the sultan's horses were kept and presented.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesPhotograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 20. No. 899. In album: Palaces, mosques, monuments, and other structures, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsHorse farms--Turkey--Kagithane--1880-1900. Horses--Turkey--Kagithane--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,225 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-153358

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