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

People:

James Robertson (photographer)
Felice Beato (photographer)
Senekerim Balyan (architect)
Gaspare Fossati (architect)
Giuseppe Fossati (architect)
Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks (patron)

Title:

Date:

1857

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Salted paper print

Dimensions:

comp.: 25.3 x 28.2 cm secondary support: 29.4 x 37.1 cm

Reference number:

PH1983:0438

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Inscription:

signed - by the photographer, on the negative, l.r.: "Robertson"

Location:

Istanbul; Istanbul (Province); Turkey;

Subject:

architecture
topographic

Subject Descriptive Terms:

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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