Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Persia, 1880s-1890s

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Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Persia, 1880s-1890s

1880s-1890s

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The 97 photographs in this collection are representative of Antoin Sevruguin's all-encompassing documentation of Persia, and comprise a mixture of studio portraits, outdoor vernacular scenes and landscapes.

3.5 Linear Feet (97 photographs in 2 boxes)

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Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933

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Antoin Sevruguin (1851-1933) was the first successful commercial photographer in Iran. Russian by birth (he was born in the Russian embassy in Tehran), Sevruguin nevertheless had a deep and passionate commitment to Persia and its culture. Sevruguin opened his first photography studio in Tbilisi in 1870 with Dmitri Ivanovitch Yermakov, and shortly thereafter undertook an expedition to Iran with his brothers, Kolia and Emmanuel, to document the ancient monuments, landscapes and peoples of Azerbaij...