Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Dasht-i Lar Region, Mount Damavand in Background: Shah's Escort Regiment [graphic]

Summary

Collection ID:
FSA.A2012.02
Creators:
Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
Dates:
1880s-1930
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
1 Gelatin silver print
b&w
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
- On recto of the print, faded handwritten number (inked, probably by Antoin Sevruguin) reads, "909."

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Antoin Sevruguin is one of the early pioneers of commercial photography in Iran. He arrived in Iran from Tbilisi, Georgia in the mid 1870s to set up shop in Ala al-Dawla street in Tehran. From the early days, Sevruguin's studio was trusted both by the Qajar court and by foreign visitors to Iran. Highly regarded for their artistic ingenuity outside Iran, Sevruguin's photographs of 'ethnic types,' architecture and landscape, and depictions of daily life of Tehran found their way into foreign travelogues, magazines and books. As such, he stands alone in a relatively large group of early Iranian photographers for being recognized and celebrated outside the boundaries of the country. Antoin Sevruguin passed away in 1933, although his family studio continued for some time as a commercial enterprise.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Glass negative numbered FSA A.4 2.12.GN.52.11; available in Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Citation
Myron Bement Smith Collection: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs. FSA.A2012.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith, 1973-1985.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
FSA A2012.02

General

General
Title and summary note are provided by Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, FSg curatorial research specialist.


Keywords

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