View of the entrance gate of the Seraskerate (later known as the Ministry of War or Ministry of Defense; now Istanbul Üniversitesi) with the Seraskerate Tower (now Beyazit Tower) in the left background, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Ottoman Empire (now i

People:

Félix Bonfils (photographer)

Title:

Date:

between 1867 and 1885

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Aniline-tinted albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.1 x 28.7 cm secondary support: 28.3 x 29.5 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0683.02:011

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative, l.l.: "Bonfils / 48" labelled, inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on a brown paper label attached to the secondary support, l.c.: "[Constantinople] / Porte de la place de Seraskier." [underlined]; in graphite: "11"

Location:

France

Subject:

architecture
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
tower (single built work)
fence
gate
clocks
lampposts
square (open space)
arches
calligraphy
fire towers (watchtowers)

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

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