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[General view of the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople. – Vintage Wall Art

[General view of the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[General view of the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople., [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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The Imperial Naval Arsenal in Istanbul was the Ottoman Empire's principal shipyard, set along the Golden Horn, and this albumen print shows it from a broad, elevated vantage point. It was made by Abdullah Frères, the photography firm that served the Ottoman court, and it comes from an album captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French that belonged to the collection of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II. Dating from roughly 1880 to 1893, it documents a period when the empire was modernizing its navy and displaying that effort to visitors and officials. The wide view makes the arsenal's layout of docks, buildings, and vessels easy to follow.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAerial views 1880-1900.Albumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 13. No. 555. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsShips--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Naval yards & naval stations--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Armories--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,190 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-153990

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