In 1853, James Robertson, an English photographer and engraver, opened a studio in Pera Constantinople, the historic quarter of the city. He formed a partnership with Felice Beato, and together they documented mosques, fountains, and other architecturally significant sites of the area. Robertson began selling photographs of the city, which appeared in a well-received volume entitled Photographic Views of Constantinople. The images, available for purchase as single prints or in albums, also served as the basis for engravings in publications such as the Illustrated London News. Through photographers like Robertson, a wide distribution of images of the Middle East became available to Western audiences.