[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Aziziye] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople. – Antique Wall Art
![[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Aziziye] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/50/508d984276df-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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Step back in time with [The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Aziziye] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[The Imperial Ironclad Frigate Aziziye] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.
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The ironclad frigate *Aziziye* is the subject here, a warship of the Ottoman navy shown in a print captioned in both Ottoman Turkish and French. The Abdullah Frères studio, a well-known Constantinople firm that supplied photographs to the Ottoman court, made the picture sometime between 1880 and 1893. Its presence in an album tied to Sultan Abdul-Hamid II reflects the period's interest in modernizing the fleet, when the empire was investing in armored warships to keep pace with European navies. The print is useful for seeing how the Ottomans presented their naval power to visitors and to foreign observers.
| 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. 38. No. 44. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Armored vessels--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Navies--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,178 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-154108 |
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