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[A major of the Naval General Staff] – Antique Print

[A major of the Naval General Staff], [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[A major of the Naval General Staff], [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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[A major of the Naval General Staff] 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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Few pictures on this board show a uniformed officer posed beside an anchor, and this albumen print stands out for that pairing. It belongs to an album captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French, which records ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, and naval personnel and facilities in the Ottoman Empire. The album is part of the Abdul-Hamid II Collection at the Library of Congress. Sultan Abdul Hamid II, who ruled from 1876 to 1909, had many photographic albums assembled to document the state's institutions. Naval reform and modernization were pressing concerns in these years, so the portrait reflects the empire's effort to present its officers and maritime work with formal dignity.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenrePortrait photographs 1880-1900.Albumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 20. No. 75. In album: Ships, Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval personnel and facilities,Turkey, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsMilitary officers--1880-1900. Anchors--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,326 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-153532

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