Albumen paper rolled on card. Approx. 1890.

Mount cut-out each approx. 21 x 26 cm, mount each: 39.5 x 53.5 cm.

2 early photographs of Istanbul, handwritten title "Sultan Achmed Mosque and the Hippodrome Square with the historical columns and in the [sic!] background the Janissary Museum", signed in the image: "Sébah & Joaillier", inscribed "Beyreuther" | "Moschee Aja Sophia (früher Sophienkirche). Stambul. Constantinople", signed in the image: "Sébah & Joaillier", inscribed "Beyreuther" in pencil at bottom right; the photographs were 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 : See In the Light of the Crescent (1995), p. 378f, cat. nos. 491 and 493; https://www.sebahjoaillier.com/.