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Robertson, James
(1813-1888)Views of Constantinople

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Views of Constantinople. 1850s-1860s. 3 albumenized salted paper prints and 1 salted paper print, mounted to card. Each ca. 24,2 x 28,2 cm (mounts 50 x 65 cm). Each annotated in pencil in the lower margin of the mount; one photograph numbered and titled in the negative in the lower left corner; one photograph with the photographer’s signature in the lower margin, partially cut off.

A Scottish engraver by training, Robertson served as chief engraver to the Imperial Ottoman Mint before turning to photography in the early 1850s. His photographs combine a precise architectural sensibility with a documentary interest in the urban fabric and daily life of the Ottoman capital. They are among the earliest systematic photographic records of the city. The views in this lot include the Galata Tower, the Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III, sections of the Theodosian walls, and the tomb of Sultan Suleiman.