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Robertson, James
(1813-1888)Ste Sophie

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 28.11.2026

Ste Sophie (Ox Carts in front of Hagia Sofia, Constantinople). 1853. Albumenized salted paper print. 23,7 x 28 cm. Signed, titled and "No. 57" in the negative in lower corners, mounted to cream card.

Robertson, an engraver at the Imperial Ottoman Mint, established a photographic studio in Pera in 1853. His early views of Constantinople - issued as individual prints and in albums - were among the first sustained photographic surveys of the Ottoman capital and circulated widely in Europe. Here, Hagia Sophia’s monumental architecture is set against the everyday cart traffic of the surrounding street, uniting landmark and urban life in a characteristic view of the city.