Government buildings, Sublime Porte, Istanbul
Artist/Photographer | Kargopoulo, Basile (1826-1886) |
Country | Turkey |
City | Istanbul |
Subject Date | 1880 |
Image Date | 1880 |
View | Topographical |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | 20665 |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Mosques ; Towers ; Government buildings |
NOTES: The Ottoman Greek photographer, B. Kargopoulo, opened a studio in Constantinople in 1850. Appointed court photographer in 1879 to the Turkish Sultan, Abdulhamid II, he extensively documented the Ottoman Court and the city of Constantinople until his sudden death of a heart attack in 1886.
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