[Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Iran]

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[Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Iran]

[between 1880 and 1908, printed later]

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990142150920203941/catalog

Photographs taken by Antoin Sevruguin in various locations throughout Iran document ancient and Islamic architecture dating from circa 500 BC to the 19th century. Subjects include: tombs and shrines; Muslims praying, religious processions, madrasahs, and mosques, including the Blue Mosque (Masjid-i Kabud) in Tabriz; bridges, bazaars, Maragha Observatory, and Persepolis; palaces; and the Imperial Bank of Persia in Tehran. Also includes four photographs taken in Iraq.

60 photographs : gelatin silver prints on cardboard mounts ; prints 17 x 23 cm or smaller, mounts 28 x 38 cm.

eng, Latn

Harvard University, Fine Arts Library

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Harvard University, Fine Arts Library

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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...