Description: CABINET PHOTO PORTRAIT by ABDULLAH FRERES Before 1900 CONSTANTINOPLE, OTOMAN EMPIRE today TURKEY RARE ANTIQUE PHOTO - sepia photo cabinet CONTENT 1 cabinet photo PHOTOGRAPHER Abdullah Freres , Constantinople, Otoman Empire SIZE 4.13” x 2.3” [ 10.5 x 6cm ] CONDITION Good condition DESCRIPTION This is an authentic sepia antique cabinet photo, showing a lady wearing a Victorian dress, relying on an armchair. She is dressed in a European dress, as she was probably Greek or Romanian. This cabinet was taken in the photo studio of Abdullah Freres: “Photographes de la Majeste Imperiale Le Sultan” Pera, Constantinople (today’s Istanbul, Turkey, where a large Greek Christian community lived in the 19th century) On the back you can see his logo as a photographer of the sultan. (SEE BACK) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Abdullah Freres (Studio) run between 1858-1899 Nationality: Armenian/Otoman Abdullah Frères, three Ottoman Armenian brothers Vichen (1820–1902), Hovsep (1830–1908) and Kevork Abdullah (1839–1918) who ran a profitable studio in Constantinople with other locations in Cairo and Izmir. In 1862 the three brothers were named official royal photographers to the courts of the Sultans Abdul Aziz and Abdul Hamid II, and had the right to use the royal monogram. While official royal photographers to the Sultans they were commissioned to document the Ottoman Empire in photographs. Examples of their work in museums worldwide: Abdullah Frères - Person - National Portrait Gallery (npg.org.uk) Abdullah Frères | [Studio Portrait: Person with Brooms, Syria] | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Abdullah Frères | Album of Photographs of Views of the Interior of the Ottoman Military Museum in the Former Church of St. Irene, Constantinople (Vues de Sainte Irène, Constantinople) | Turkish | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) Abdullah Frères (Getty Museum) The artist's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 153 USD to 135,681 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2010 the record price for this artist at auction is 135,681 USD for Thirty four works: Turquie, Constantinople, sold at Millon & Associes in 2019. SHIPPING DETAILSAll packages will be REGISTERED AIRMAIL. Shipping takes 7-9 days to the US and 5-7 days to Europe. No customs fee.PACKAGINGThe item will be carefully packed in plastic wrap and bubble-pack envelope.
Price: 250 USD
Location: Romania
End Time: 2025-02-03T18:45:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Antique: Yes
Signed By: photo studio
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: Yes
Image Color: Sepia
Subject: Women
Vintage: Yes
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1860
Photographer: ABDULLAH FRERES
Theme: Art, Costume, Lifestyle
Country/Region of Manufacture: Turkey
Finish: Photo cabinet sepia
