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Luigi Pesce Album fotografico della Persia, 1860

Luigi Pesce Album fotografico della Persia,: 1860

Arrangement

In original order.
page Front paste-down

2012.R.18-fp Front paste-down

Scope and Content Note

Decorated in Persian style, with a central floral cartouche.
page Free front endpaper

2012.R.18-ffe Title page

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten title: Album fotografico della Persia : / Compilato dal Sig.r Luigi Pesce, Tenente Colonnello / Instruttore d'Infanteria al servizio dello Shah / Teheran.
page Fly leaf

2012.R.18-fl Dedication

Scope and Content Note

The handwritten dedication reads: A Sua Eccellenza / Il Signor Generale Enrico Rawlinson / Ministro Plenipotenziario di Sua Maestā la Regina / d'Inghilterra / et. et. et. / presso / La corte dello Shah di Persia / Teheran 12 Maggio 1860 / In omaggio.
page 1 recto

2012.R.18-1r Porta del governo a Teheran

page 2 recto

2012.R.18-2r Entrata del Palazzo Reale a Teheran

page 3 recto

2012.R.18-3r Trono d'alabastro a Teheran

page 4 recto

2012.R.18-4r Prima corte del Palazzo Reale a Teheran

page 5 recto

2012.R.18-5r 2da corte, e Salone d'Inverno dello Shah

page 6 recto

2012.R.18-6r Trono detto de Pavone a Teheran

page 7 recto

2012.R.18-7r 3a corte del Palazzo Reale a Teheran

page 8 recto

2012.R.18-8r Gran salone di ricezione nella 3a corte a Teheran

page 9 recto

2012.R.18-9r Grande cerimonia del salam al 10 dell'Anno

Scope and Content Note

A view into the royal Qajar palace complex during the Nowruz or New Year's celebrations shows the Shah seated on a throne with crowds of officials and two elephants in attendance.
page 10 recto

2012.R.18-10r Porta della cittadella a Teheran

page 11 recto

2012.R.18-11r Bazar Emyr a Teheran

page 12 recto

2012.R.18-12r Tomba del Kan di Kiva a Teheran

page 13 recto

2012.R.18-13r Scuola militare a Teheran

page 14 recto

2012.R.18-14r Nizamia presso Teheran

page 15 recto

2012.R.18-15r Davuddie presso Teheran

page 16 recto

2012.R.18-16r Quartiere delle donne a Davuddie

page 17 recto

2012.R.18-17r Montagne Alburz prese dal villaggio di Gulack, Teheran

page 18 recto

2012.R.18-18r Casa di campagna dell' ambasciata russa a Teheran

page 19 recto

2012.R.18-19r Porta nuova a Teheran

page 20 recto

2012.R.18-20r Grande moschea in ruina a Sultanie

page 21 recto

2012.R.18-21r Piccola moschea in ruina a Sultanie

page 22 recto

2012.R.18-22r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Depicts a relief of a lion attacking a gazelle.
page 23 recto

2012.R.18-23r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Shows a bas-relief on an inner wall depicting two Achmaemenid soldiers holding lances.
page 24 recto

2012.R.18-24r Inscrizione cuneiforme a Persepolis

page 25 recto

2012.R.18-25r Ruine a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

View of walls, one with bas-reliefs.
page 26 recto

2012.R.18-26r Ruine a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Ruins with four columns.
page 27 recto

2012.R.18-27r Tomba sulla rocca a Persepolis

page 28 recto

2012.R.18-28r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) moving from left to right: a tree; men bearing gifts; and men with horses and donkeys.
page 29 recto

2012.R.18-29r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

One and a half registers of processions moving from left to right.
page 30 recto

2012.R.18-30r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) moving from right to left: trees; men bearing gifts; and men with rams.
page 31 recto

2012.R.18-31r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) carved along a stairway and moving from right to left with trees and men bearing gifts.
page 32 recto

2012.R.18-32r Ruine a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Shows the pair of Lamassus sporting human heads on the western entrance of the Gate of All Nations with two columns and the back side of the western entrance in the background.
page 33 recto

2012.R.18-33r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Bas-relief on a column depicting a man killing a rampant griffin.
page 34 recto

2012.R.18-34r Entrata principale a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Shows the pair of Lamassus sporting wings and Persian beards on the eastern entrance of the Gate of All Nations.
page 35 recto

2012.R.18-35r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) moving from right to left with trees; men bearing gifts; and men with pony carts and with oxen.
page 36 recto

2012.R.18-36r Bassi-relievi a Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Two registers of processions (and part of a third showing legs only) moving from right to left: trees; men bearing gifts; and men with camels and oxen.
page 37 recto

2012.R.18-37r Bassi-relievi a Naksu-Rustem, Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

View of the equestrian combat bas-relief at Naqsh-i Rustam probably from the time of Shapur II.
page 38 recto

2012.R.18-38r Tomba di Darius a Naksu-Rustem, Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Rock-cut tomb of Darius I (Darius the Great) at Naqsh-i Rustam.
page 39 recto

2012.R.18-39r Bassi-relievi a Naksu-Rustem, Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Cliff relief near the tombs of Darius I and Xerxes depicting Ardashir I receiving a diadem, symbolizing sovereignty, from the god Hormzid. Both figures are on horseback.
page 40 recto

2012.R.18-40r Bassi-relievi a Naksu-Rustem, Persepolis

Scope and Content Note

Pre-Achaemenid cliff relief depicting Bahram II and his court.
page 41 recto

2012.R.18-41r Bassi-relievi a Takti-i-bustan, Kirmoskiah

Scope and Content Note

Rock relief at Tāq-e Bostān depicting Ardashir II receiving the beribboned ring, symbol of royal investiture, from his Ahura Mazda. Mithra stands to the left holding a barsom, a ritual bundle of stiff, straight rods, to sanctify the investiture, while the body of the defeated Roman Emperor, Justian II, lies beneath Ardashir II's feet.
page 42 recto

2012.R.18-42r Bassi-relievi a Takti-i-bustan, Kirmoskiah

Scope and Content Note

Relief to the left of the central relief of the large iwan at Tāq-e Bostān depicting a hunt scene featuring King Khosrow II of Persia standing in a boat and shooting at two wild boars. The relief also suggests the span of Khosrow II's empire by moving from depictions of Indian elephants on its left side to the inclusion of the marshes and reeds of the Nile on the right.
page Back paste-down

2012.R.18-bp Back paste-down

Scope and Content Note

Decorated in Persian style, with a central floral cartouche.
box 1, folder 1

2012.R.18-s1 Biographical note regarding Major General Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1921

Scope and Content Note

Brief handwritten note regarding H. C. Rawlinson written on the letterhead of the Commander-in-Chief in India and signed: Cin in C India 1921 (i.e. General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, and son of H. C. Rawlinson).
box 2

Portrait of Sir Henry Rawlinson, undated

Scope and Content Note

Lithograph of a portrait of Rawlinson by an unidentified artist.