Sebah Pascal 1823 1886 (9 results)

Condition: Gut. Size image: 21,5 x 26,5 cm, leaf: 31,5 x 36,5 cm. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

Condition: Gut. Size image: 21,5 x 26,5 cm, leaf: 31,5 x 36,5 cm. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

Condition: Gut. Size image: 21,5 x 26,5 cm, leaf: 31,5 x 36,5 cm. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

Condition: Gut. Size image: 21,5 x 26,5 cm, leaf: 31,5 x 36,5 cm. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A small original albumen print photograph by Sebah & Joaillier mounted on paper. Size: 6,5x8 cm.  Rare albumen print photograph mounted on a grey album paper taken by Sebah & Joaillier photograph studio of Constantinople, showing Syrian women and men in their traditional clothes.  In 1857 photographer Pascal J. Sébah opened a studio in Constantinople, today Istanbul, Turkey. Photographing city views, daily activities, and ancient ruins in the surrounding area, Sébah sold many of his prints to visiting tourists, a prosperous and common market for other contemporary photographers, such as the well-known Abdullah Frères. Tourists would select a range of prints from professional photo studies in the countries they visited and compile a travel album of their journey. In 1888, two years after Pascal J. Sébah passed away, his 16-year-old son Jean (Johannes) became involved in the studio work. Jean started a partnership with another photographer from Istanbul, the Frenchman Policarpe Joaillier, which became a great success. Jean worked both on assignments for the studio and as an individual photographer, which can be determined from the signatures on the works: some prints were signed "Sébah & Joaillier," and others have the signature "J.P. Sébah" The studio flourished and Sébah & Joaillier were named as the official photographers of the Ottoman Empire by the Turkish sultan. In the early 1900s, Joaillier returned to Paris and Sébah continued his work in Constantinople. After different partnerships, the studio was taken over by Ismail Insel and renamed "Foto Sabah" [i.e. Photo Morning].

Condition: Sehr gut. Size image: 26,5 x 21 cm, leaf: 36,5 x 31,5 cm (very good). Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

Oblong 8vo. (6 x 7 3/4 inches). 10 albumen photographs mounted on thick card and bound in concertina folds, as issued, length 70 inches. Occasional spotting. Publisher's red grained cloth, upper cover tooled in gilt and lettered in French and Arabic. A smaller version, probably published at the same time, of "Panorama de Constantinople pris de la Tour de Galata." A photographic panorama offering a sweeping view of the city walls and seven towers, the great Mosques of Sultan Ahmed and Santa Sophia, the 'Green Mosque' and Mosque of Oulon, the Golden Horn, tower of Galatea and the Bosphorus.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original b/w photograph by Pascal Sebah. (30x20 cm). In Ottoman script. Slightly chipped on corners and margins, a stain on the descriptive text area. Otherwise a good photo.  Original print photograph from 'Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873, ouvrage publie sous le patronage de la Commission Imp. de l'Exposition Universelle de 1873 a Vienne'. Photograph depicts three Ottoman civilians of Rhodes Island in their local costumes; one is an outdoor dress of Muslim women living in Rhodes, the second is a standard dress for Muslim men, and the last one is a home dress of Muslim women.  Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) was a photographer in Constantinople (now Istanbul) and Cairo, who produced a prolific number of images of Egypt, Turkey, and Greece to serve the tourist trade, and the founder of Sebah & Joaillier Photograph Studio. He established a valuable working relationship with Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey, taking photographs as part of the artist's preparation, and in which he experimented with light and shade. In turn, Hamdi Bey selected Sébah to illustrate his text on the popular costumes worn by Turkish and other ethnic groups, entitled Les Costumes Populaires de la Turquie en 1873: ouvrage publié sous le patronage de la Commission impériale ottomane pour l'Exposition universelle de Vienne and published in 1873. .

None. Condition: None. Oblong Folio album ca. 26,3x35,5 cm (10 ½ x 14 in). 94 card stock leaves. With 94 large original albumen photographs, each ca. 19x26,1 cm (7 ½ x 10 ¼ in); most photos captioned in French, signed and/or numbered in negatives (including ca. 22 prints by the Zangaki brothers, 12 prints by Pascal Sebah, 7 prints by Luigi Fiorillo, 5 prints by the Abdullah Freres, 3 prints by Antonio Beato, 1 print by Hippolyte Arnoux, 1 print by Gabriel Lekegian, and 1 print by Maison Bonfils). Period full-cloth album with marbled endpapers. Binding worn, album leaves with upward curling, occasional tears along the edges, but otherwise a very good album with strong, interesting photos. An interesting extensive collection of large albumen prints of Egypt taken by some of the most renowned early photographers of the region, including the Zangaki brothers, Pascal Sebah, Luigi Fiorillo, the Abdullah Freres, Antonio Beato, Hippolyte Arnoux, Gabriel Lekegian, and Maison Bonfils. The album contains ninety-four studio photographs, with about twenty excellent portraits of local settlers. The photos vividly portray Egyptian messengers, water carriers, porters, beggars, and guards, as well as Fellahin women in burqas carrying water jars or balancing vegetables on their heads. Especially interesting are several candid urban scenes showing wheat & date harvesting, a cargo of clay pots on the banks of the Nile, a camel caravan crossing the Suez Canal via a chain ferry, European travelers posing atop camels, etc. There's also a lively street scene on Sultan Hussein Quay in Port Said, with clearly visible locals, horse carts, and shop signs reading "The Eastern Telegraph Co.," "Henry's, King & Co.," "Thos. Cook & Son," and "Bank of Egypt Limited." Other photographs mostly show panoramic views and iconic landmarks in Cairo (the Mosque of Muhammad Ali, the Gezirah Palace, the Obelisk of Heliopolis, Giza Palace, and the Tombs of the Caliphs, etc.); Port Said (waterfront scenes, the Dutch House, Franz Joseph Quay with its lighthouse, and the Square of Ferdinand de Lesseps); Alexandria (the Mahmudiyya Canal, Ras El Tin Palace, Pompey's Pillar, an Egyptian artillery position in the al-Maqs area, destroyed during the 1882 British bombardment); Gaza (the Great Sphinx and general views of the Pyramids); Saqqara (the Step Pyramid of Djoser and the interior of the Mastaba of Mereruka); Abydos (Temple of Osiris); Philae (Temple of Isis); Abu Simbel (Great Temple of Ramesses); Luxor (Luxor Temple, general view); and Guirgueh (general view). The collection also includes about twenty photographs of the Suez Canal (entrance, the canal company's bureau, and vessels in transit) and a photographic reproduction of a map charting the Suez Canal route (with the photos of Ismael Pasha and Ferdinand De Lesseps). Overall, historically interesting collection of excellent studio prints of Egypt taken by some of the most renowned early photographers of the region.