[Students, school for the blind] / Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I. le Sultan. – Vintage Photo Print
![[Students, school for the blind] / Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I. le Sultan., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/16/16fff79255aa-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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Step back in time with [Students, school for the blind] / Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I. le Sultan., a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Students, school for the blind] / Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I. le Sultan.
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Uniformed students at a school for the blind in Istanbul gather for this group portrait, captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French as the work of Abdullah Frères, photographers to the Sultan. The Abdullah brothers were among the best-known studios in the Ottoman capital, and their court commissions were often assembled into albums. The print is numbered sixth in its album and dates to the reign of Abdul-Hamid II, a period when the state was expanding public education. The image is worth a closer look for its uniforms and the way it frames disability as a subject of schooling.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1880-1900.Group portraits 1880-1900.Albumen prints 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 6. In album: Student portraits, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Blind persons--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Education--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. School children--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Uniforms--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,184 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-153829 |
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