Constantinople: Door jamb of Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Mosque)

Department Archive
Collection BSA SPHS Image Collection
Reference No. BSA SPHS 01/3316.C0491
Level Item
Description Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative taken from a commercial photographic print.
Dimensions 10.5 x 8 cm
Place Hagia Sophia
Istanbul
Dates Latest 1923
Donor/Creator The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies
Sebah & Joaillier
Scope and Content The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Constantinople, S. Sophia, jamb of door".
Notes Latest date based on the publication of the image in the slide accession list of 1923. The caption "[N]o. 158. St Sophie" is written in the lower left. Although the name of the commercial photographic studio is not printed on the photograph, the style of print is the same as seen on other Sebah & Joallier photographs.
Reference 1923 JHS 43: 9th accession to 1913 slide catalogue. lxi.SPHS C.491. Link to article