[Tile in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères. – Antique Print
![[Tile in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/7f/7fcbcc9afe51-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 [Tile in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Tile in the Imperial Topkapi Sarayi (palace)] / Abdullah Frères.
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Few things in Topkapi Palace draw the eye like its glazed ceramic tiles, and this print isolates one such surface in close detail. It was made by Abdullah Frères, the Istanbul studio run by the Abdullah brothers, who photographed the Ottoman court and its monuments in the 1880s and early 1890s. The palace had been the main residence of the sultans for nearly four centuries until the court moved to newer buildings in the mid-nineteenth century, so by this time it was valued more for its history and craftsmanship than as a working seat of government. The print belongs to an album later held in the collection of Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, and its albumen process, with its warm tones, was the standard photographic method of the period.
| 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. 37. No. 756. In album: Yildiz and Topkapi palaces, tombs and Selamlik procession, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Topkapi Palace (Istanbul, Turkey)--1880-1900. Tiles--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Castles & palaces--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,234 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-153608 |
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