Lot Essay
Views include The Golden Gate (illus.), Church of the Holy Sepulchre, The Dome of the Rock (two views), two of Gethsemane, the Temple of Area, and the village of Bethany.
Formerly chief engraver and Superintendant of the Royal Mint in Constantinople from 1840 onwards, Robertson produced many fine views of Constantinople, before travelling to the Crimea in 1854 to photograph the war with Russia. He married the sister of Felice Beato and entered into partnership with him. They travelled extensively in the Near and Middle East, working in Palestine in 1857 before journeying to India to record the end of the Mutiny.
Formerly chief engraver and Superintendant of the Royal Mint in Constantinople from 1840 onwards, Robertson produced many fine views of Constantinople, before travelling to the Crimea in 1854 to photograph the war with Russia. He married the sister of Felice Beato and entered into partnership with him. They travelled extensively in the Near and Middle East, working in Palestine in 1857 before journeying to India to record the end of the Mutiny.