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[The courtyard of the great Selimiye Barracks] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople. – Antique Wall Art

[The courtyard of the great Selimiye Barracks] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The courtyard of the great Selimiye Barracks] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare historic photograph captures [The courtyard of the great Selimiye Barracks] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[The courtyard of the great Selimiye Barracks] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.

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Set in Üsküdar on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, this view shows the open courtyard of the Selimiye Barracks, enclosed by the complex's long walls. The barracks date to the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and during the Crimean War the site became widely known as the British military hospital where Florence Nightingale worked. The print was made by the Abdullah Frères studio in Constantinople between about 1880 and 1893 and belongs to an album of fire brigade equipment, barracks, hospitals, and factories from the Abdul-Hamid II Collection.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesLocated in Üsküdar. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 39. No. 481. In album: Fire Brigade personnel and equipment, barracks, hospitals, and factories, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsCourtyards--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Barracks--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,197 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-154523

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