• Robertson & Beato (photographic studio)
• Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan (patron)

Partial view of Constantinople (now Istanbul) showing the Yeni Camii (also known as the Yeni Valide Camii and the New Mosque), Galata Bridge, Haliç (also known as the Golden Horn) and the Bosperus with the Dolmabahçe Sarayi (also known as Dolmabahçe Palac

1857

Salted paper print

comp.: 24.3 x 29.7 cm

PH1980:0198:003

• partial view
• exterior view

- 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.

signed and inscribed - by James Robertson, on the negative, l.l.: "Robertson & Beat[o]" [cut-off]; l.r.: "le / Bosphore" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: with title

Istanbul; Istanbul (Province); Turkey;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• topographique

• houses
• palace
• domes
• city
• ships
• mosques
• bridge (built work)
• buildings
• minarets
• inlet
• strait
• masts