Finding Aid for Views of Asia Minor, 1860-1890 2002.R.44

Beth Guynn
Special Collections
2010
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Views of Asia Minor
Creator: Rubellin, Alphonse
Creator: Svoboda, A. (Alex)
Identifier/Call Number: 2002.R.44
Physical Description: 64 photographic prints
Date (inclusive): 1860-1890
Date (bulk): 1865-1880
Abstract: This collection of photographs depicts ancient, medieval, and natural sites in Asia Minor. Contributors include Rubellin and Alexander Svoboda.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in French.

Arrangement

In original order according to numbers on mounts. Arranged in a single series, Series I. Views of Asia Minor.

Biographical/Historical Note

The photographs in this collection were taken in Asia Minor by various photographers, known and unknown. Sixteen photographs are by the photographer Rubellin.
The Rubellin family (father and son(s)) operated a photography studio in Smyrna from the 1870s through the 1910s. In its earlier years the studio, known variously as Rubellin, Rubellin et fils, and Rubellin père et fils, added the descriptive term "photographie parisienne" to its imprint. Shortly after 1900 tghe firm became known as Rubellin fils. The firm specialized in views of ancient ruins as well as studio portraiture.
Six images are the work of Alexander Svoboda. The remaining 42 images are unattributed.

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Publication Rights

Acquisition Information

Acquired in 2002.

Preferred Citation

Views of Asia Minor, 1860-1890, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2002.R.44
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002r44

Processing History

Processed and cataloged by Jamie Allen under the supervision of Beth Ann Guynn. The finding aid was encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Guynn updated the finding aid in 2021.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection of 64 albumen photographs taken between 1860 and 1890 depicts ancient, medieval, and natural sites in Asia Minor (encompassing modern-day Turkey and Greece). Ephesus (14 photographs), Sardis (6), Smyrna (12), Rhodes (12), and Lindos (7) are among the cities represented.
Ancient and medieval locations include the Temple of Diana and the theater at Ephesus; an aqueduct in Saint Anne's Valley, Smyrna; Saint Nicolas Fortress, three medieval windmills, and the Knights' Castle on Rhodes; the Temple of Venus in Aphrodisias; the ampitheater and Roman basilica in the ancient city of Pergamon; and the statue of Sesotris. Several photographs represent early Christian sites such as the Gate of the Persecution, Saint Paul's Prison, the Tomb of Saint Luke, the Greek church of Saint George in Smyrna, the Church of Polycarp, and the Church of Saint John at Ephesus, which later became the Mosque of Sultan Selim.
Natural places depicted include Lake Gyges, the hot springs of Sardis, Mount Pagus, Two Brothers Mountain, and the Rock of Niobe. Also present are images of nineteenth-century Turkish life such as cemeteries, barracks, yaykas (summer resorts), and Yuruks (Yörüks, a nomaidic Turkish ethnic subgroup of Oghuz descent).
Of the images in the collection, 16 are by the Rubellin studio, and six images are the work of Alexander Svoboda. The remaining 42 images are unattributed.
The photographs appear to be part of a mock-up for an illustrated book. The mounts are consecutively numbered by hand, from 207 through 276; six numbers are lacking (243-246 and 259-260). For additional photographs bearing numbers preceeding those in this collection see Special Collections accession no. 2004.R.42, Views of Bursa.
Captions in French are hand-written in black ink on the mounts below or to the side of the images, with the exception of the first mount, which bears a letterpress caption below the image. Several mounts have captions or extensive manuscript descriptions pasted on them. All of the prints have a number corresponding, in most cases, to the first number in their caption. This number can be found in a corner of the mount (even numbers are in the upper right corners, while odd numbers are in the lower right corners). Many images have an annotation on the verso visible through the print, which appears to contain similar information as the title.

Digitized Material

The collection was digitized by the repository and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2002r44

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architecture -- Turkey
Architecture, Medieval
Ephesus (Extinct city)
Albumen prints -- Turkey -- 19th century
Turkey -- Description and travel
Turkey -- Antiquities
Greece -- Description and travel
Castles -- Greece
Greece -- Antiquities
Indigenous peoples -- Turkey
Rhodes (Greece)
Sardis (Extinct city)
İzmir (Turkey)
Lindhos (Greece)
Clothing and dress -- Turkey
Yuruks (Turkic people)
Castles -- Turkey
Church buildings -- Turkey
St. John Church (Ephesus (Extinct city))
Aqueducts -- Turkey
Albumen prints -- Greece -- 19th century
Architecture, Ancient -- Greece

 

Views of Asia Minor, Series I. 1860-1890, bulk 1865-1880

Views of Asia Minor (digitized version): 1860-1890, bulk 1865-1880

box 1

Rubellin, Vue générale des ruines d'Éphèse 2002.R.44-1r

Scope and Contents

Title and numbers from letterpress inscription glued to mount: No. 207. A droite, dans le fond, l'église de Saint-Jean. Éphèse, située...[long inscription continues]
box 1

Photographer unidentified, L'église St. Jean, aujourd'hui Mosquée du Sultan Sélim 2002.R.44-1v

Scope and Contents

Title and numbers from handwritten text glued to mount: No. 208. Elle a été... 27.[long inscription continues]
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Photographer unidentified, Porte de la Persécution dite aussi Porte de St. Jean 2002.R.44-2r

Scope and Contents

Title and numbers from handwritten text glued to mount: No. 209. 26.
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Photographer unidentified, Prison de St. Paul 2002.R.44-2v

Scope and Contents

Title and numbers from handwritten text glued to mount: No. 210. Le sejour de St. Paul à Ephèse et la lutte...[long inscription continues]
box 1

Rubellin, Ruines du Temple de Diane à Ephèse 2002.R.44-3r

Scope and Contents

Title and number from handwritten text glued to mount: No. 211. La Diane d'Ephèse n'avait point de rapport avec...[long inscription] 26.
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Photographer unidentified, Ephèse, Le Chateau 2002.R.44-3v

Scope and Contents

No. 212. Cette construction indique un temps de barbarie. Il est flanqué de tours carrées; La porte de chateau fait face à la mer.
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Rubellin, Ephèse, Tombeau de St. Luc 2002.R.44-4r

Scope and Contents

No. 213, médeçin [sic] converti par St. Paul, évangéliste, apôtre dans la Macédoine et la Troade.
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Photographer unidentified, Le Temple de Lysimaque dans la plaine d'Ephèse 2002.R.44-4v

Scope and Contents

No. 214.
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Photographer unidentified, Ruines du théatre d'Ephèse 2002.R.44-5r

Scope and Contents

No. 215.
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Photographer unidentified, Le théatre d'Ephèse, vu d'en bas 2002.R.44-5v

Scope and Contents

No. 216. C'était un des plus spacieux théatre de l'époque, il est dans un complet état de ruines, mais on en pourrait cependant retracer les lignes entérienres [sic].
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Rubellin, Intérieur de l'église de St. Jean ou Mosquée de Sélim à Ephèse 2002.R.44-6r

Scope and Contents

No. 217.
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Photographer unidentified, Ruines du gymnase d'Ephèse 2002.R.44-6v

Scope and Contents

No. 218.
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Rubellin, Vue des aqueducs et du chateau à Ephèse 2002.R.44-7r

Scope and Contents

No. 219.
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Rubellin, Vue des aqueducs à Ephèse 2002.R.44-7v

Scope and Contents

No. 220.
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Photographer unidentified, Empracement d'une source d'eau chaude à Sardes 2002.R.44-8r

Scope and Contents

No. 221.
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Photographer unidentified, Vue générale des ruins de Sardes 2002.R.44-8v

Scope and Contents

Title and numbers from handwritten text glued to mount: No. 222. Sardes capitale des rois de Lydie en Asie-Mineure, est située...[long inscription] 25.5
Possibly Rubellin.
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Photographer unidentified, Sardes, Ruins imparfaitement déterminées 2002.R.44-9r

Scope and Contents

Title and numbers from handwritten text glued to mount: No. 223. 15.5.
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Photographer unidentified, Tente de Youronks derrière le théatre et l'Acropole 2002.R.44-9v

Scope and Contents

Title and numbers from handwritten text glued to mount: No. 224. 25.5.
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Photographer unidentified, Colonnes du temple de Cybèle et ravin du Pactole 2002.R.44-10r

Scope and Contents

Handwritten text glued to mount: No. 225. Deux colonnes lenlt. 25.5[crossed out]. restent debont...[long inscription]
box 2

Photographer unidentified, Le lac du Gygès 2002.R.44-10v

Scope and Contents

Handwritten text glued to mount: No. 226. à 2 heures de Sardes dans la plaine. Près de l à se trouve la nécropole...[long inscription continues]
box 2

Rubellin, Smyrne, Ismid par les Tures, une panoramique 2002.R.44-11r

Scope and Contents

No. 227.
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Rubellin, Le Mont Pagus à Smyrne 2002.R.44-11v

Scope and Contents

No. 228. De tous les ouvrages exécutés par les rois de Lydie, par les Ioniens [?] et par Lysimaque, il ne reste qu'une partie...[long inscription continues]
box 2

Photographer unidentified, Vue d'un aqueduc de la vallée Ste. Anne 2002.R.44-12r

Scope and Contents

No. 229. Dans la campagne de Smyrne. Construction du Moyen-Âge.
Possibly Rubellin.
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Rubellin, Même aqueduc que le précédent 2002.R.44-12v

Scope and Contents

No. 230.
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Rubellin, une tente de Yurncks 2002.R.44-13r

Scope and Contents

No. 231. Sorte de nomades fort peu recommamables [sic].
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Photographer unidentified, Vue panoramique de Smyrne 2002.R.44-13v

Scope and Contents

No. 232. L'église grecque de St. Georges au 1er plan, à l'horizon de Mont Pagus.
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Photographer unidentified, Les ruines du Mont Pagus 2002.R.44-14r

Scope and Contents

No. 233.
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Rubellin, A peu de distance de Smyrne 2002.R.44-14v

Scope and Contents

No. 234. Un bassin alimenté par une infinité de sources fournit tour à tour la force motrice à une fabrique de papier et à un moulin. Ce bassin...[long inscription continues]
box 2

Rubellin, Village de Kudludja 2002.R.44-15r

Scope and Contents

No. 235. Aux environs de Smyrne.
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Photographer unidentified, Bournaba 2002.R.44-15v

Scope and Contents

No. 236. Village de 5000 habitants environ, non loin de Smyrne; lieu de villiégature [sic] des familles grecques de Smyrne pendant s'été.
box 2

Rubellin, L'Eglise de St. Polycarpe et le Mont Pagus 2002.R.44-16r

Scope and Contents

No. 237.
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Photographer unidentified, Le Val de Bonjah, aux environs de Smyrne 2002.R.44-16v

Scope and Contents

No. 238. Autre résidence d'été des familles Smyrnietes.
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Photographer unidentified, Vue panoramique avec Karatash et la montagne des deux frères à l'horizon 2002.R.44-17r

Scope and Contents

No. 239.
box 3

Rubellin, Cimetierre turc près du pont des caravanes, à proximité de Smyrne 2002.R.44-17v

Scope and Contents

No. 240.
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Photographer unidentified, Vue panoramique de Smyrne 2002.R.44-18r

Scope and Contents

No. 241. La rade, la ville et la caserne turque sur la rive.
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Photographer unidentified, Vue cimetière Turc 2002.R.44-18v

Scope and Contents

No. 242.
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Photographer unidentified, Le Port de Rhodes 2002.R.44-19r

Scope and Contents

No. 247.
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Photographer unidentified, Le Fort St. Nicolas à Rhodes 2002.R.44-19v

Scope and Contents

No. 248.
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Photographer unidentified, Les trois moulins à Rhodes 2002.R.44-20r

Scope and Contents

No. 249.
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Photographer unidentified, Une vue de Rhodes 2002.R.44-20v

Scope and Contents

No. 250.
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Photographer unidentified, Rhodes, anciens canons des Chevaliers 2002.R.44-21r

Scope and Contents

No. 251.
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Photographer unidentified, Intérieur de la forteresse 2002.R.44-21v

Scope and Contents

No. 252.
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Photographer unidentified, Rhodes, tours de la forteresse 2002.R.44-22r

Scope and Contents

No. 253.
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Photographer unidentified, Rhodes, la rue des Chevaliers 2002.R.44-22v

Scope and Contents

No. 254.
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Photographer unidentified, Interieur du Chateau de Rhodes 2002.R.44-23r

Scope and Contents

No. 255. Et tour de l'horloge.
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Photographer unidentified, Rhodes, porte Nord de Chateau 2002.R.44-23v

Scope and Contents

No. 256.
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Svoboda, Alexander, Rhodes, salle d'armes de Chevaliers 2002.R.44-24r

Scope and Contents

No. 257.
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Photographer unidentified, Rhodes, la porte rouge de la forteresse 2002.R.44-24v

Scope and Contents

No. 258.
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Photographer unidentified, Vue générale et Nécropole de Lindos 2002.R.44-25r

Scope and Contents

No. 261. Ancienne ville de l'ile de Rhodes.
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Photographer unidentified, Ancien chateau des chevoliers à Lindos 2002.R.44-25v

Scope and Contents

No. 262.
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Photographer unidentified, Murs primitifs de la Ville de Lindos 2002.R.44-26r

Scope and Contents

No. 263.
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Photographer unidentified, Lindos, tombeau de cippe funeraire en forme d'autel 2002.R.44-26v

Scope and Contents

No. 264.
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Photographer unidentified, Lindos, sombassement de Temple d'Artémis ou Diane 2002.R.44-27r

Scope and Contents

No. 265.
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Photographer unidentified, Lindos, ruines du Temple de Minerve 2002.R.44-27v

Scope and Contents

No. 266.
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Photographer unidentified, Lindos, L'Ile de corail 2002.R.44-28r

Scope and Contents

No. 267.
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Photographer unidentified, Alasehéir, l'ancienne Philadelphie, ville d'Anatolie 2002.R.44-28v

Scope and Contents

No. 268. En Turquie d'Asie, à 124 Kilomètres de Smyrne. Vue générale.
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Photographer unidentified, Magnésie, ville de Lydie 2002.R.44-29r

Scope and Contents

No. 269. Sur l'Hermus, au pied du mont Sipyle, à quelques heures de Smyrne. Station du chemin de fer. On distingue faiblement la ville.
box 4

Svoboda, Alexander, La statue, dite de Niobé 2002.R.44-29v

Scope and Contents

No. 270. Creusée dans le roc sur le mont Sipyle.
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Svoboda, Alexander, Hiérapolis, ville de Phrygie 2002.R.44-30r

Scope and Contents

No. 271. Près du Méandre. Ruines de l'église et de l'arc triomphal.
Signed A. Svoboda in lower left of negative.
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Svoboda, Alexander, Aphrodisia, en Carie 2002.R.44-30v

Scope and Contents

No. 272. Ruines du Temple de Venus.
Signed A. Svoboda in lower right of negative.
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Photographer unidentified, Pompéiopolis, l'ancienne Soli en Cilicie 2002.R.44-31r

Scope and Contents

No. 273. Ruins d'un portique construie par Pompée qui donna son nom à la Ville.
Photo after a drawing. Possibly image-maker's mark of intertwined "I" and "W" in lower left corner of image.
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Photographer unidentified, Ruines de l'amphithéatre de Pergame ancienne ville de Mysie 2002.R.44-31v

Scope and Contents

No. 274. Au confluent du Caique et du Cetius, célèbre par son temple...[long inscription continues]
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Photographer unidentified, La statue de Sésostris 2002.R.44-32r

Scope and Contents

No. 275. Taillée dans le roc à Karabel près de Nymphio à 28 K. Est de Smyrne.
Signed A. Svoboda in lower center of negative.
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Svoboda, Alexander, ruines de la Basilique romaine de Pergame 2002.R.44-32v

Scope and Contents

No. 276.