Figures at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III, Istanbul
Photograph
1853 (photographed)
1853 (photographed)
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| Place of origin |
James Robertson turned to photography in the 1850s, after working for over a decade as an engraver for the Sultan Abdulmecid at the Imperial Mint in Istanbul. Together with his brothers-in-law Antonio and Felice Beato, he travelled and photographed from Athens to Egypt, Jerusalem and eventually India. The crisp detail of the Islamic decoration in this image, even in the areas of shadow, shows considerable technical accomplishment on the part of the photographers.
Object details
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| Title | Figures at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III, Istanbul |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion-on-glass negative |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'Figures at the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III, Istanbul', by James Robertson and Felice Beato, about 1853. |
| Physical description | Photograph of figures before an Islamic fountain. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Fountain of the Sultan Mahmood (1760) (Inscribed on board.) |
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| Credit line | Given by Susan Persaud |
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| Summary | James Robertson turned to photography in the 1850s, after working for over a decade as an engraver for the Sultan Abdulmecid at the Imperial Mint in Istanbul. Together with his brothers-in-law Antonio and Felice Beato, he travelled and photographed from Athens to Egypt, Jerusalem and eventually India. The crisp detail of the Islamic decoration in this image, even in the areas of shadow, shows considerable technical accomplishment on the part of the photographers. |
| Bibliographic reference | Apollo Magazine, February 2007 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.402-2005 |
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| Record created | November 2, 2005 |
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