Partial view of Constantinople (now Istanbul) showing the Kapaliçarsi (also known as the Grand Bazaar), the Nuruosmaniye Camii, Hagia Sophia (also now known as the Ayasofya Müzesi), a university, the Sultanahmet Camii (also known as the Blue Mosque), the

People:

Robertson & Beato (photographic studio)
Gaspare Fossati (architect)
Giuseppe Fossati (architect)

Title:

Date:

1857

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Salted paper print

Dimensions:

comp.: 24.2 x 29.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0198:005

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1980:0198:001 - PH1980:0198:005 are glued together to form panorama PH1980:0198:001-005. The right edge of photograph PH1980:0198:001 is covered by the left edge of photograph PH1980:0198:002 and left edges of photographs PH1980:0198:003 - PH1980:0198:005 are covered by the right edge of photographs PH1980:0198:002 - PH1980:0198:004, respectively, where the five photographs are attached.

Inscription:

inscribed and signed - by James Robertson, on the negative, l.c.: "[Nimiri ?] [Dirmonic ?]"; l.r.: "[Roberston] & Beato" [cut-off]

Location:

Istanbul; Istanbul (Province); Turkey;

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

houses
domes
city
hills
mosques
bazaar
buildings
sea
monument
minarets
university
memorial column

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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