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[The Arabian horse named Cevher] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. – Historic Reproduction

[The Arabian horse named Cevher] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The Arabian horse named Cevher] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [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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Few pictures in this collection name a single animal, but this albumen print is captioned "Cevher," the name of an Arabian horse photographed at the Imperial Stud Farm near Istanbul. The Abdullah Frères studio of Constantinople, one of the best-known commercial photographers of the Ottoman capital, produced the image sometime between 1880 and 1893, during the reign of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II. The sultan's stables prized Arabian bloodlines, and the photographs made for his albums served as a record of prized animals and the state's equestrian pride. The caption appears in both Ottoman Turkish and French, a reminder of how the court presented itself to European visitors.

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. 21. In album: Horses at the Imperial Stud Farm, Istanbul environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsHorses--Turkey--İstanbul İli--1880-1900. Horseback riding--Turkey--İstanbul İli--1880-1900. Horse farms--Turkey--İstanbul İli--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,158 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171248

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