[Audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères. – Antique Wall Art
![[Audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/13/1397a6dd149d-L.webp)
(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 [Audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Audience chamber in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.
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Few rooms in Topkapi Palace carried as much formal weight as this audience chamber, where the sultan or grand vizier received officials and visitors. Abdullah Frères, a Constantinople studio run by Armenian brothers, made the print sometime between 1880 and 1893, when Sultan Abdul-Hamid II was reshaping the Ottoman court and his photographers were documenting its settings. It was issued as a numbered view in an album captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French, which suggests it was meant for an educated audience at home and abroad. The albumen process, common at the time, gives the room's proportions a crisp, formal clarity.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1880-1900. |
| Notes | A large hall where the Sultan or Grand Vizier holds court. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 15. No. 780. In album: Topkapi Sarayi, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Topkapi Palace (Istanbul, Turkey)--1880-1900. Reception rooms--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Castles & palaces--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,154 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143580 |
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