Organization: Parthenon (Athens, Greece) / Creator: Princeton University. Library. Special Collections - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: 1 box and 1.75 linear feet
Abstract:: Consists of an open collection of photographs by the Greek photographer Nelly's Sougioutzoglou-Seraidare.

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Extent:: 1 box
Abstract:: Consists of stereoscopic images of Athens by the Neue Photographische Gesellschaft A.G. [New Photographic Society] and White Co, H.C.

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Extent:: 6 boxes, 12.8 linear feet, and 1 oversize folders
Abstract:: The Early Photographs of Greece Collection is an open collection for general photographs of sites and subjects in Greece. Included are panoramic photographs of the Parthenon, Athens, and Smyrna, along with other photographs of Greece.

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Extent:: 1 box and 1 linear foot
Abstract:: James Robertson was one of the first prominent traveller-photographers to depict scenes of mid-nineteenth century Greece. Of Scottish descent, he has been identified as the engraver James Robertson, who worked in London around 1830. He first settled in Constantinople in 1841, where he spent forty years of his life working as a master engraver in the imperial mint. His photography career began in the early 1850's when he opened a photographer's studio in Peran, the European district of Constantinople. His photographs, which were immediately popular among the art lovers of his period, appeared in international exhibitions in Paris and London and were frequently reproduced in the leading periodical "The London Illustrated News". He died in 1888 in Yokohama. Robertson earned his place in the history of photography with his coverage of the Crimean war, and with his photographs of Constantinople and other historical Mediterranean sites, such as Athens, Malta, Damascus, Egypt and the Holy...(see more)

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

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