[The Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Avn-i Ilâh] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople. – Vintage Print
![[The Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Avn-i Ilâh] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/37/374713daaedc-L.webp)
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This rare historic photograph captures [The Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Avn-i Ilâh] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[The Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Avn-i Ilâh] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.
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The picture shows the Imperial Ironclad Corvette *Avn-i Ilâh*, a steam warship with iron armor that belonged to the Ottoman navy. Its caption, in Ottoman Turkish and French, identifies it as the work of Abdullah Frères, the Constantinople studio of the Abdullah brothers, who were well known as photographers to the Ottoman court. The print comes from an album in the Abdul-Hamid II Collection, which records the naval life of the Ottoman capital and the Black Sea lifesaving stations. Armored corvettes like this one marked the shift from wooden sailing fleets to ironclad steam navies, and the Ottoman government invested in such ships during the late nineteenth century.
| 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. 2. No. 60. In album: Ships and naval personnel, Istanbul and Black Sea lifesaving stations, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Armored vessels--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,185 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-154314 |
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