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[The horse named Gazal exercising with halter] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. – Historic Reproduction

[The horse named Gazal exercising with halter] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The horse named Gazal exercising 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 horse named Gazal exercising with halter] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

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Gazal, the horse named in this print's title, is shown being walked and exercised on a halter, a routine part of keeping a working or prized animal in condition. The photograph was made by Abdullah Frères, the Constantinople studio run by the Abdullah brothers, who were among the best-known photographers serving the Ottoman court in the late 1800s. It belongs to an album of horses at the Imperial Stud Farm near Istanbul, assembled within the collection of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, which is now held by the Library of Congress. Albumen prints like this one, with their warm brown tones, capture both the horse and the careful documentation of imperial holdings.

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. 13. No. 41. 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-171240

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