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[The drill of the horse with halter] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. – Antique Print

[The drill of the horse with halter] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The drill of the horse with halter] / 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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[The drill of the horse with halter] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[The drill of the horse with halter] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

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A horse led through its paces on a halter is the focus of this albumen print, which the album labels as a drill at the Imperial Stud Farm in the outskirts of Istanbul. The photograph was made by Abdullah Frères, the Constantinople studio run by the Abdullah brothers, who were among the most prominent commercial and court photographers in the Ottoman capital. It belongs to the Abdul-Hamid II Collection, assembled during the sultan's reign, when the palace valued horses as symbols of state and military prestige. The caption appears in both Ottoman Turkish and French, a reminder of how the sultan's court presented itself to foreign 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. 23. No. 42. 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. Animal training--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-171250

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