[The bay Arabian mare named Sürat] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. – Historic Print
![[The bay Arabian mare named Sürat] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/29d7536cd58d-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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This rare historic photograph captures [The bay Arabian mare named Sürat] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[The bay Arabian mare named Sürat] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.
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Sürat, a bay Arabian mare, is the subject here, and her name appears in the caption along with the photographer's studio, Abdullah Frères of Constantinople. The Abdullah brothers were prominent commercial and court photographers in the Ottoman capital, and their albumen prints were often sold to visitors and assembled into albums. The picture belongs to a group of views of horses at the Imperial Stud Farm near Istanbul, made during the reign of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, who was known for his enthusiasm for Arabian horses. Sultans' stables were a point of imperial pride, and images like this one recorded both the animals and the state's interest in breeding them.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1880-1900. |
| Notes | Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 17. No. 27. In album: Horses at the Imperial Stud Farm, Istanbul environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Horses--Turkey--İstanbul İli--1880-1900. Horseback riding--Turkey--İstanbul İli--1880-1900. Horse farms--Turkey--İstanbul İli--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,206 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-154674 |
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