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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Album of Iranian Photographic Portraits
Summary
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2012.05
- Creators:
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Abdullah Mirza Qajar, 1850-1909
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Handwritten annotations inPersian.
- Physical Description:
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1 ItemAlbum (76 photoprints)b&w76 ItemsPhotographic printsb&w
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
A family compiled album bound in gold embossed green leather and sold by Au Bon Marche, Paris. Seventy-six informal and studio individual portraits or groups by a variety of photographers from the 1860s to the 1940s or later. Subjects are likely family members, although formal portraits of royalty are also included. Formats range from large cabinet prints to cartes de visites, and are inserted into pockets rather than glued onto pages. Many of the prints have been cut down to fit into the cartes de visite pockets of the album. Most of the photographs have Persian language annotations written in pen or pencil.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Images indexed by original photographic print number.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase; 2014.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Citation
Album of Iranian Photographic Portraits. FSA.A2012.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
FSA A2012.05
Keywords
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
National Museum of Asian Art Archives
Washington, D.C. 20013
Business Number: 202-633-0533
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