Album of Iranian Photographic Portraits
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2012.05
name: label: Creator
content: Abdullah Mirza Qajar, 1850-1909
label: Names
content: Nāsir al-Dīn Shāh, Shah of Iran, 1831-1896
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Iran
topic: label: Topic
content: Qajar dynasty, -- Iran, -- 1794-1925
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Landscapes
label: Topic
content: Hairstyles
label: Topic
content: headgear
label: Topic
content: Jewelry
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Palaces
label: Topic
content: Portrait photography
label: Topic
content: Royalty (Nobility)
label: Topic
content: Women
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchase; 2014.
creator: label: Creator
content: Abdullah Mirza Qajar, 1850-1909
culture: label: Culture
content: Qajar dynasty -- Iran -- 1794-1925
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Album (76 photoprints), b&w)
label: Extent
content: 76 Items (Photographic prints, b&w)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2012.05
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Studio portraits
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Images indexed by original photographic print number.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Albumen prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Cartes-de-visite
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Studio portraits
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.