Photographs of Constantinople : photograph album, 1890s.

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Photographs of Constantinople : photograph album, 1890s.

Photograph album, titled "Constantinople." Consists of 30 (12.4 x 16.8 cm) 19th century albumen prints of people and scenes in Constantinople, published by Sebah & Joaillier.

1 v. (15 leaves); 16 x 23 cm. (album)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7997741

Princeton University Library

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Ayasofya Muzesi

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Sebah & Joaillier.

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Sebah, Jean Pascal 1838-1910

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Pascal Sébah opened his Constantinople (Istanbul) photography studio, which he later named El Chark, in 1857. It became one of the most successful studios in the city. He subsequently established a studio in Cairo in 1873. When Sébah suffered a brain hemorrage in 1883, his brother Cosmi, already a photographer with his own business, and Sébah's sixteen year-old son, Jean, took over the firm. Jean went into partnership with Policarpe Joaillier in 1888, under the name Sébah and Joailler, while...