Dasht-i Lar Region, Mount Damavand in Background: Shah's Escort Regiment
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2012.02
label: General
content: Title and summary note are provided by Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, FSg curatorial research specialist.
name: label: Creator
content: Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
label: Names
content: Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Iran
title: label: Topic
content: Early Photography of Iran
topic: label: Topic
content: Military
creator: label: Creator
content: Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Antoin Sevruguin is one of the early pioneers of commercial photography in Iran.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.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Gelatin silver print (b&w)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880s-1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2012.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Glass negative numbered FSA A.4 2.12.GN.52.11; available in Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Gelatin silver prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: - On recto of the print, faded handwritten number (inked, probably by Antoin Sevruguin) reads, "909."