Album of views of temples, Athens, Greece and religious and secular architecture, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Ottoman Empire (now in Turkey)

People:

James Robertson (photographer)

Title:

Album of views of temples, Athens, Greece and religious and secular architecture, Constantinople (now Istanbul), Ottoman Empire (now in Turkey)

Date:

between 1853 and 1858

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Salted paper prints

Dimensions:

album: 55.9 x 41.7 x 3.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1981:0394:001-031

Point of View:

exterior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of brown paper covered boards and a brown leather spine. The spine has gold gilt inscriptions. Endleaves are of grey and blue marbled paper and the pages are of white construction paper. The album is comprised of 31 photographs.

Inscription:

imprinted - embossed in gold gilt, on the spine, u.c.: with title inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and blue ink, on the back endpages, u.c. to c.: illeg. labelled, imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the back pastedown, l.l.: "DANIEL WOLF INC. / 30 West 57th St. / New York, N.Y. 10019"; in graphite: "4415"

Location:

Athens; Greece;

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

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