Constantinople | Two large photograph panoramas of Constantinople from opposite sides of the Golden Horn, 1880s

Constantinople

Two large photograph panoramas of Constantinople taken from opposite sides of the Golden Horn. 1880s

Sébah & Joaillier. Panorama of Constantinople from the Galata Tower. [Constantinople, c. 1880s]

10 large albumen prints (each approximately 242 x 330mm.), individually mounted on card and joined to form a panorama (overall image 242 x 3335mm.), folding into a modern red faux-calf binding, upper cover stamped in gilt, a few prints with slight edge wear and one small repaired tear, a few short tears or chips to mounts, minor marks to binding

G. Berggren. Panorama of Constantinople from the Seraskierat Tower. [Constantinople, c. 1880s]

8 large albumen prints (each approximately 265 x 340mm.; together forming a panorama of approximately 265 x 3400mm.), unmounted, signed by the photographer in the negative in the final image, slight edge fading, minor creases and edge wear, a little light spotting

TWO LARGE NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHOTOGRAPH PANORAMAS OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

The panorama by Sébah & Joaillier looks towards the European side of modern-day Istanbul and the Golden Horn towards the ancient city with its great mosques. The panorama was taken from the top of the fourteenth-century Galata Tower. Sébah & Joaillier were one of leading photography studios in Constantinople in the latter part of the 19th century.

The second panorama by Berggren is taken from the opposite side of the Golden Horn from the Seraskierat tower and includes the mosque of Sultan Suleiman, the mosque of Sultan Ahmed, most of the Golden Horn, the Topkapi Palace, Santa Sophia and the mosque of Sultan Osman. Berggren (1835-1920) was born in Stockholm, and following a visit to Constantinople in 1866, opened a photographic studio there in the 1870s at Grand Rue de Péra, where he was assisted by his niece Hilda Ullin. He is best known for his views of Constantinople and other Turkish cities. On his death he was buried with his photographic equipment.