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The image shows a cityscape with a prominent mosque in the distance, featuring two minarets and a central dome. The background shows a hillside with many buildings. In the foreground, there are cannons lined up along a stone quay, with people in period clothing near the water. The image is in sepia tones, giving it an antique look, with clear details captured in a photograph.
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The image shows a cityscape with a prominent mosque in the distance, featuring two minarets and a central dome. The background shows a hillside with many buildings. In the foreground, there are cannons lined up along a stone quay, with people in period clothing near the water. The image is in sepia tones, giving it an antique look, with clear details captured in a photograph.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Arsenal and Mosque of Kiledeh Ali Pasha

James Robertson

Date
1857
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
image: 26 × 30.3 cm (10 1/4 × 11 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2012.137.31
Credit line
Gift of Michael and Jane Wilson
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • salted paper print
  • Cannon
  • Istanbul
  • exterior
  • architecture
  • Mosque
Provenance

Michael and Jane Wilson, Wilson Centre for Photography, London, acquired 1998; gift to NGA, 2012.

Inscription

on image, signed by artist, lower left in ink: Robertson; bottom center along edge in negative: Mosque de [?okhanna]; on verso, by unknown hand, bottom right in graphite: 98.6141

NGA object ID 155366. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.