[PHOTOS OF THE BOSPHORUS] Vue du Bosphore. Côte d'Asie et d'Europe. & Vue de la Baie et du Quai de Therapia au Bosphore

SEBAH & JOAILLIER [Pascal Sebah (1823-1886), Polycarpe Joaillier (1848-1904)]., Sebah & Joaillier, [Constantinople], [1890].  Original albumen print photograph by Sebah & Joaillier mounted on cardboard. Size: 25,5x33 cm; photographic size: 21,5x26 cm. Rare albumen print photographs double-sided printed mounted on green cardboard taken by Sebah & Joaillier photograph studio of Constantinople, showing the Bosphorus, view of Therapia Bay and Pier with the Asian and European coasts of the strait. 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 jour