Mosque of Top-haneh, Constantinople.
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London Stereoscopic Company
British
Mosque of Top-haneh, Constantinople.
From Constantinople.
ca. 1857
Albumen silver print
7.5 x 6.8 cm. (each); on 8.2 x 17.3 cm. mount
Museum accession
1981.7150.0001
Inscriptions recto-(in image) "326"
(blindstamp) "The London Stereoscopic Comp."
mount verso-(applied label) "326." "Constantinople." "Mosque of
Top-haneh, Constantinople." "Top-Haneh is the smallest of the suburbs
of the city, forming a continuation of Galata along the north shore,
sweeping round the east point of the peninsula to the Bosphorus. It is
the usual place of embarkation for Scutari, and the villages of the
Bosphorus. Its Mosque was erected by the late Sultan in 1835."
(blindstamp) "The London Stereoscopic Comp."
mount verso-(applied label) "326." "Constantinople." "Mosque of
Top-haneh, Constantinople." "Top-Haneh is the smallest of the suburbs
of the city, forming a continuation of Galata along the north shore,
sweeping round the east point of the peninsula to the Bosphorus. It is
the usual place of embarkation for Scutari, and the villages of the
Bosphorus. Its Mosque was erected by the late Sultan in 1835."
