Panorama de Constantinople pris de la Tour de Galata.
SÉBAH, Jean Pascal, & Policarpe Joaillier.
From Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller Since July 26, 1999
Quantity: 1From Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
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A superb panoramic view of the city, taken from the Galata Tower looking over the Bosporus towards the Asian side; across the Golden Horn can be seen the Topkapi Palace and the great mosques of the city, Haghia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Yeni Mosque, and the Süleymaniye. In 1857 Pascal Sébah opened one of the first photographic studios in Constantinople. Having met with great success, in 1873, he expanded the business, setting up a further establishment in Cairo, near to the renowned Shepheard's Hotel. In 1883 he suffered a stroke, and the business was taken over by his son Jean, who styled himself J. Pascal Sebah so as not to break the continuity of the business and was to become a talented photographer in his own right. In 1888 he went into partnership with a French photographer resident in Istanbul, Policarpe Joaillier, the firm in time becoming official photographers of the Sultan. In various forms, this business continued down to the middle of the 20th century when, in 1952, its last incarnation, Foto Sabah, finally closed its doors. "From the 1870s, Sébah and Joaillier, were major suppliers of evocative imagery to the increasing number of people who undertook the Victorian Grand Tour" (Hannavy, p. 1,261). John Hannavy (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, Vol. I, 2005; Engin Özendes, From Sebah & Joaillier to Foto Sabah: Orientalism in Photography, 2004. Landscape folio (310 x 375 mm). Original red sand-grain cloth over bevelled boards, red roan backstrip, title gilt to front cover within elaborate ornamental gilt panel and incorporating images of the Galata and Maiden's towers, gilt stamp to back cover of the ay-y ld z (star and crescent) within a laurel wreath. With 10 albumen prints mounted on card panels and joined with linen tape, leporello-style, to form a panorama approximately 3.47 m, over 11 feet, in length (card panels 3,054 x 340 mm; photographic prints 247 x 340 mm). Covers variably sunned, old splash stain to head of front cover, a few marks to back, light foxing and marginal dust marking, the images bright and clean. A very good example. Seller Inventory # 167887
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Title: Panorama de Constantinople pris de la Tour ...
Publisher: Istanbul: Sébah & Joaillier, [c.1888]
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