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[View of the Imperial Tophane Factory from the sea] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. – Antique Photo Print

[View of the Imperial Tophane Factory from the sea] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[View of the Imperial Tophane Factory from the sea] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères., [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 [View of the Imperial Tophane Factory from the sea] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[View of the Imperial Tophane Factory from the sea] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.

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Seen from the water, this view shows the Imperial Tophane factory, the Ottoman gun and small arms works on the Istanbul waterfront at Tophane, where cannons and rifles were made for the state. The Abdullah Frères studio, a firm of photographers working in Istanbul, took views like this for the Ottoman court, and the print comes from an album assembled for Sultan Abdul-Hamid II, whose reign from 1876 to 1909 put heavy emphasis on modernizing the army and its industry. The caption is written in both Ottoman Turkish and French, a sign that it was meant for an international audience as well as domestic officials.

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. 21. No. 79. In album: Imperial Gun and Small Arms Factory, barracks and cannons, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsFactories--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Firearms industry--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Ordnance industry--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,163 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-171220

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