James Robertson views of Greece, Egypt and Constantinople. ca.1853-1857.

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James Robertson views of Greece, Egypt and Constantinople. ca.1853-1857.

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Sixty-nine photographs of Greece, Constantinople and Egypt associated with James Robertson comprise this collection. The majority of these photographs record the ancient monuments of the city of Athens, including the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheum, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Hephaisteion, the Olympieion, the Tower of the Winds and the Arch and Library of Hadrian. The remainder of the photographs document the antiquities of Corinth, Sounion and Aegina, as well as various architectural monuments in Constantinople, including the Obelisk of Theodosius in the Hippodrome, the Fountain of Ahmed III and the Süleymaniye Mosque. A photograph of the Sphinx and of the Mosque of Baybars in Cairo are also included. These Robertson photographs form an important study collection for the early history of photography. Additionally, the photographs of Greece provide rare visual documentation of the state of the archaeological monuments, as well as the practice of archaeology, in the 1850s.

69 photographic prints : salted paper, albumen ; 27 x 34 cm. or smaller on mounts 31 x 36 cm. or smaller.

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