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[The Imperial Yacht, Sultaniye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. – Historic Reproduction

[The Imperial Yacht, Sultaniye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The Imperial Yacht, Sultaniye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [The Imperial Yacht, Sultaniye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[The Imperial Yacht, Sultaniye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

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The Sultaniye was an imperial yacht of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, and this print shows it as a formal portrait of a royal vessel at Constantinople. Abdullah Frères, a leading Istanbul studio, made the photograph sometime between 1880 and 1893, during the sultan's long reign. The caption appears in both Ottoman Turkish and French, a sign that such images were meant for an international audience as well as the court. The print comes from an album assembled for Abdul Hamid II, now held by the Library of Congress, where it sits among views of Ottoman warships and naval life.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 10. No. 436. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsAbdülhamid--II,--Sultan of the Turks,--1842-1918,--Associated objects. Yachts--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,174 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-154322

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