Lot 1172: Photographs :

Robertson, James D. & Beato, Felice A.
1813 Middlesex, England - 1888 Japan
1825(?) Venice - 1903 Rangoon, Burma
Constantinopel. Portico of the Suleymaniye mosque.
Circa 1853. Vintage. Albumen print. Backing cardboard. Mat. 29,4 x 25,4cm. Signed on the
lower image margin within the negative. The cardboard verso inscribed with notes on the
motif in pencil.
The backing cardboard light-stained, the photograph in very good condition.
Literature: An den süßen Ufern Asiens. Ägypten, Palästina, Osmanisches Reich. Reiseziele
des 19. Jahrhunderts in frühen Photographien. Exhibition-cat. Agfa-Foto-Historama im
Römisch-Germanischen Museum, Cologne. Köln: Wienand, 1988.