E.F. Rochat (Postcards released between 1900-1925) Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey An important photographer of the Ottoman Empire. After selling his photographs as Editions d’Art de l’Orient he began publishing these images as lithographic postcards in color and in sepia. He also published a series of artist signed cards based on book illustrations.
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1909 Éditions de l'Art de l'Orient (1- 253)
1909 Éditions de l'Art de l'Orient (1- 253)

Editions d’Art E. F. Rochat à Constantinople (The Artistic Editions E. F. Rochat at Constantinople) series has 253 postcards (without counting reprints of the same serial number with a slightly different picture). On the back of the cards, there are usually two serial numbers. One is a sequential number starting from 1. The other is assumed to be the serial number of the postcard by the printer.

2. Watercolor Facsimile (501 - 585)
2. Watercolor Facsimile (501 - 585)

Reproductions of original art by two painters. Some cards contain images from "Constantinople" (writen by Alexander van Millingen and published by A & C Black) painted by Warwick Goble at London. Other cards are by J. Pawlikiewitz. 85 different subjects numbered from 501 to 585.

3. Panel Cards (1001 - 1100)
3. Panel Cards (1001 - 1100)
Printed on photographic paper (artistic mount) in rose color & sepia.
4. Monochrome Cards (1101 - 1180)
4. Monochrome Cards (1101 - 1180)
80 different subjects in sepia or azure colored postcards of Constantinople and its suburbs. Mostly original pictures of various views of the city from Bosphours or Golden Horn. Each subject has both an azure and sepia card printed (160 postcards).
6. Sepia Cards
6. Sepia Cards
Small series of 20 cards. These sepia cards were printed in France by Albert Bergeret at Imprimeries Réunies de Nancy. Some cards do not have Rochat's name on it but could be easily identified by the printing style and the printer's name. Earliest found used: September 1916. Given the timing of the 1st World War, it is likely that these were printed before Ottoman Empire joined the war in 1915.
1906-07 Constantinople (Purger Edition) (1-182)
1906-07 Constantinople (Purger Edition) (1-182)

Printed by Purger & Co., München (Munich, Germany) Photochromiekarte
These cards were printed by the same printer of Fruchtermann's 16. series, group 2 postcards.
By and large they contain the exact same images of Rochat's "Édition de l'Art de l'Orient" postcards but only a shorter set.

Cards with white margins were printed in 1906 and earlier (with undivided backs), while those with surfaces completely covered by a photograph were printed after 1906 (with divided backs).

1905 Constantinople
1905 Constantinople
Continuation of the W series?
7. Aquarelles
5. Artistic Cards
5. Artistic Cards
2 series of 10 cards each Sunset on Stamboul (Le Coucher du Soleil sur Stamboul) Sunset on the Ruins of Byzantium (Le Coucher du Soleil sur les Ruines de Byzance)