[Swords kept in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères. – Vintage Wall Art
![[Swords kept in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4d77db0f6c9d-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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[Swords kept in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Swords kept in the Imperial Treasury] / Abdullah Frères.
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The display case holds the swords attributed to Sultan Mehmed II, Sultan Selim I, Bayezid II, and a blade associated with Constantine, the last Byzantine emperor, whose inclusion signals how the Ottoman court valued relics of its conquests. The photograph was made by Abdullah Frères, the Istanbul studio that produced many views of the imperial collections for Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, and it is one of the numbered images in an album documenting the Topkapı Palace treasury. Such pictures recorded the palace's holdings in the 1880s and early 1890s, when the sultan was building his image as heir to Ottoman and Islamic traditions.
| Created / published | [between 1880 and 1893] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Albumen prints 1880-1900. |
| Notes | The swords of Sultan Mehmed II, Sultan Selim I, Bayezid II, and Constantine. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 42. No. 944. In album: Topkapi Sarayi, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Topkapi Palace (Istanbul, Turkey)--Exhibitions & displays--1880-1900. Daggers & swords--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,224 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-153790 |
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