Albumen paper rolled on card. Ca. 1890.

Passepartout cut-out each ca.: 20.5 x 26 cm. Framed & behind glass : Each 41 x 51 cm.

3 early photographs of Istanbul, handwritten title "Grabmäler auf dem Friedhof von Skutari. Constantinople", signed in the image: "Sébah & Joaillier" | "Galata seen from Stambul. Constantinople", signed in the image: "Sébah" | "Part of the large cemetery at Scutari. Constantinople", signed in the image: "Sébah & Joaillier"; the photograph "Tombs in the cemetery at Scutari" was exhibited from 20.08. - 12.11.1995 in the Albertinum Dresden on the occasion of the exhibition "Im Lichte des Halbmondes. The Occident and the Turkish Orient".

Pascal Sébah (1823 Istanbul - 1886 Istanbul) was one of the most important professional photographers of his time in the Ottoman Empire. His documentary photographs depicting sights, everyday scenes and oriental costumes were used to illustrate scientific works on the Orient and won several medals. After suffering a brain haemorrhage, the famous photographer entered into a partnership with Polycarpe Charles Joaillier (1848 - 1904) in the 1880s.

Literature : Cf. In the Light of the Crescent (1995), p. 379, cat. no. 494; https://www.sebahjoaillier.com/.