Finding aid for the Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Persia 2017.R.252017.R.25
Beth Ann Guynn
Special Collections
2017
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Persia
Creator: Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933
Identifier/Call Number: 2017.R.25
Physical Description: 3.5 Linear Feet(97 photographs in 2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1880s-1890s
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Abstract: The 97 photographs in this collection are representative of Antoin Sevruguin's all-encompassing documentation of Persia, and
comprise a mixture of studio portraits, outdoor vernacular scenes and landscapes.
Language of Material: French
Language of Material: Collection material is in French.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Persia, 1880s-1890s, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2017.R.25.
http://handle.net/10020/cifa2017r25
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in a single series: Series I, Photographs, 1880s-1890s.
Biographical / Historical
Antoin Sevruguin (1851-1933) was the first successful commercial photographer in Iran. Russian by birth (he was born in the
Russian embassy in Tehran), Sevruguin nevertheless had a deep and passionate commitment to Persia and its culture. Sevruguin
opened his first photography studio in Tbilisi in 1870 with Dmitri Ivanovitch Yermakov, and shortly thereafter undertook an
expedition to Iran with his brothers, Kolia and Emmanuel, to document the ancient monuments, landscapes and peoples of Azerbaijan,
Kurdistan and Lorestan. The photographic images from this trip supplied the first stock for the studio they subsequently established
in Tehran. Sevruguin made over 7,000 glass plate negatives in the course of his career, most of which were destroyed in the
early twentieth century — fewer than 700 of his negatives are known to have survived.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized in 2017 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/aspace_3dda0882d23566b28c864cf628feaee0
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2017.
Processing Information
Processed by Beth Ann Guynn and Linda Kleiger in 2017, who also wrote and encoded the finding aid.
Scope and Content of Collection
The 97 albumen photographs in this collection are representative of Antoin Sevruguin's all-encompassing documentation of Persia,
and comprise a mixture of studio portraits, outdoor vernacular scenes and landscapes. Portraits of "types" include "Persan(es)"
(Persians); professions such as tea seller, druggist, fig vendor and street banker; mendicants; dervishes; courtesans and
prostitutes, shot in the studio or in their typical locales. All levels of society are present here from court treasurers,
represented by the retinue of Ghavam-al-Dowleh, to unnamed opium smokers, and to a portrait of a Chaldean Christian woman.
There are numerous views of Tehran, including views of four of the city's six gates; the English legation; arsenal; gas factory;
and the Place des Canons. A photograph captioned "Mosquée de Khoum" provides an intimate glimpse of two men sitting on an
open balcony with the impressive mosque as their backdrop. Daily life is represented in views of Tehran's markets and street
life.
Other locales represented include Anzalī Lagoon with views of its shores and the shah's palace, and the province of Gīlān,
especially local industry and life in the town of Rasht. Trade routes in the environs of Gīlān and other areas to the north
and west of Tehran are also pictured, with a focus on way stations; bridges leading to trade centers; and the movement of
the goods themselves in covered wagons, on camels and in caravanserai. From further afield come images of the nomads of Taliche
in Mazandaran province and from Lorestan in the west, as well as of the inhabitants of Imamzadeh, Kurdistan. Also included
are a few views of bas-reliefs at Persepolis and other ancient sites.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indigenous peoples -- Iran
Occupations -- Iran
Relief (Sculpture), Ancient -- Iran -- Persepolis
Streets -- Iran
Trade routes -- Iran
Anzalī Lagoon (Iran) -- Description and travel
Gīlān (Iran : Province) -- Description and travel
Persepolis (Iran) -- Antiquities
Iran -- Description and travel
Rasht -- Description and travel
Tehran (Iran) -- Description and travel
Albumen prints -- Iran -- 19th century
Studio portraits -- Iran -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Photographs, 2017.R.25
1880s-1890s
Antoin Sevruguin photographs of Persia (digital version)
Scope and Contents
The 97 albumen photographs in this collection are representative of Antoin Sevruguin's all-encompassing documentation of Persia,
and comprise a mixture of studio portraits, outdoor vernacular scenes and landscapes. Portraits of "types" include "Persan(es)"
(Persians); professions such as tea seller, druggist, fig vendor and street banker; mendicants; dervishes; courtesans and
prostitutes, shot in the studio or in their typical locales. All levels of society are present here from court treasurers,
represented by the retinue of Ghavam-al-Dowleh, to unnamed opium smokers, and to a portrait of a Chaldean Christian woman.
There are numerous views of Tehran, including views of four of the city's six gates; the English legation; arsenal; gas factory;
and the Place des Canons. A photograph captioned "Mosqúée de Khoum" provides an intimate glimpse of two men sitting on an
open balcony with the impressive mosque as their backdrop. Daily life is represented in views of Tehran's markets and street
life.
Other locales represented include Anzalī Lagoon with views of its shores and the shah's palace, and the province of Gīlān,
especially local industry and life in the town of Rasht. Trade routes in the environs of Gīlān and other areas to the north
and west of Tehran are also pictured, with a focus on way stations; bridges leading to trade centers; and the movement of
the goods themselves in covered wagons, on camels and in caravanserai. From further afield come images of the nomads of Taliche
in Mazandaran province and from Lorestan in the west, as well as of the inhabitants of Imamzadeh, Kurdistan. Also included
are a few views of bas-reliefs at Persepolis and other ancient sites.
Titles are from captions written on the mounts. Most of the photographs are numbered in the negative.
Arrangement
In original order.
box 1
Ruines de Persepolis 2017.R.25-1
Scope and Contents
Bas-relief with mounted soldiers and infantry. Numbered in negative: 38.
box 1
Ruines de Persepolis 2017.R.25-2
Scope and Contents
Bas-relief with three standing figures. Numbered in negative: 46.
box 1
Tchechan - ali prés Schaz-abdul azim. Le shah Tash-ali Schah 2017.R.25-3
Scope and Contents
Standing and sitting figures near a small pool in front of a bas relief cut into a rock face. Numbered in negative: 1388.
box 1
Téhéran - Porte de Dochantepé 2017.R.25-4
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1399.
box 1
Téhéran - Porte de Schimran 2017-R.25-5
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1396.
box 1
Téhéran - Porte de Schaz-Abdul-Azim 2017.R.25-6
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1361.
box 1
Téhéran - Porte de Duan 2017.R.25-7
box 1
Place des Canons à Téhéran - cavalerie persane 2017.R.25-8
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1043.
box 1
Un canon sur la Place des Canons à Téhéran 2017.R.25-9
box 1
Usine à gaz de Téhéran 2017.R.25-10
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 834.
box 1
Téhéran - Drie. Almanieh - Avenue des Diamants 2017.R.25-11
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 832.
box 1
Légation d'Angleterre (Téhéran) 2017.R.25-12
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1306.
box 1
Mosquée de Khoum 2017.R.25-13
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 136.
box 1
Arsenal (Téhéran) 2017.R.25-14
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 613.
box 1
Théâtre de la Régie à Téhéran 2017.R.25-15
Scope and Contents
Caption continues: Specialement aménagé pour une fête de charité donnée / le 4 mai 1892.
box 1
Près de la Mormaie de Téhéran 2017.R.25-16
box 1
Khamrameh (Schimran) 2017.R.25-17
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1119.
box 1
À Schimran, Kane Malak 2017.R.25-18
box 1
Jardin à Téhéran - intérieur d'une pièce 2017.R.25-19
box 1
Cachis persans (Téhéran) 2017.R.25-20
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 771.
box 1
Ecole à Téhéran (Avenue des Diamants) 2017.R.25-21
box 1
Téhéran - combat de béliers 2017.R.25-22
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1354.
box 1
Md. de pastèques (Téhéran) [Marchand de pastèques (Téhéran)] 2017.R.25-23
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 333.
box 1
Téhéran - marchand de Kébatechi 2017.R.25-24
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1358.
box 1
Téhéran pendant le mois de muharem - tortures volontaires 2017.R.25-25
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 39.
box 1
Téhéran - mendiants et Persane 2017.R.25-26
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 946.
box 1
Md. de thé (Téhéran) [Marchand de thé (Téhéran)] 2017.R.25-27
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1345.
box 1
Téhéran - pendaison des condamnés à mort (Sauris) 2017.R.25-28
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 589.
box 1
Gavame - el dohwlet et sa suite 2017.R.25-29
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 59.
box 1
Lac d'Enseli (Murd-ab ou eau morte): Enseli (perse) et le palais du shah 2017.R.25-30
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 716.
box 1
Lac d'Enseli 2017.R.25-31
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 456.
box 1
Lac d'Enseli et rivière du... 2017.R.25-32
Scope and Contents
Caption continues: ...Barque pour aller d'Enseli à Piri - Bazar / et tirée par les hommes d'équipage sur une partie de la
rivèire. Numbered in negative: 1300.
box 1
Lac d'Enseli 2017.R.25-33
Scope and Contents
Shows two boys, a man and cattle on the beach. Numbered in negative: 1178.
box 1
Lac d'Enseli - autres barques 2017.R.25-34
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1181.
box 1
Oliviers forêt du Ghuilan 2017.R.25-35
box 1
Fileuse de soie dans le Ghuilan 2017.R.25-36
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1166.
box 1
Tissage de la soie dans le Ghuilan 2017.R.25-37
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1187.
box 1
Culture du tabac dans le Ghuilan 2017.R.25-38
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1182.
box 1
Mendiant (Ghuilan) 2017.R.25-39
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 737.
box 1
Régie des tabacs (jardin) 2017.R.25-40
Scope and Contents
Group of men and women on an exterior stair landing with another group on a floor above. The names of the individuals depicted
are written on the right side of the mount.
box 1
Pont de Recht 2017.R.25-41
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 730.
box 1
Bazar à Recht 2017.R.25-42
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1299.
box 1
Bazar de Recht - fabrication des tapis dits de Recht 2017.R.25-43
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1324.
box 1
Ouvriers tapissiers - bazar de Recht 2017.R.25-44
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1169.
box 1
Endroit de repos, de Recht à Khoudoum 2017.R.25-45
box 1
Marchand de chapeaux - (Recht) 2017.R.25-46
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1919.
box 2
Sefid-Roud (ou fleuve blanc) route de Kboudouni à Rustaniabad 2017.R.25-47
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 426.
box 2
Imanizadeh-Hachim - de Khoudouni à Rustaniabad 2017.R.25-48
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 410.
box 2
Route de Khoudouni à Rustaniabad (aríet) 2017.R.25-49
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative (twice): 1190.
box 2
En route de Khoudouni à Rustaniabad 2017.R.25-50
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 421.
box 2
En route de Kasvin à Téhéran 2017.R.25-51
box 2
Pont de Lorchan - route de Mendjil à Patchinar 2017.R.25-52
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 418.
box 2
Pont de Mendjil - près Mendjil route de Rustaniabad à Mendjil 2017.R.25-53
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 419.
box 2
En route de Patchinar à Mézeré (au Kharzan) 2017.R.25-54
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 425.
box 2
Station de Yangi-Iman route de Kasvin à Téhéran 2017.R.25-55
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 473.
box 2
Station d'Ayababa, de Mézeré à Kasvin 2017.R.25-56
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 429.
box 2
Station de Kislac - de Kasvin à Téhéran 2017.R.25-57
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 439.
box 2
Station de Pat-chinar 2017.R.25-58
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 422.
box 2
Caravane route de Cachan 2017.R.25-59
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1085.
box 2
Caravane dans le Khurdistan 2017.R.25-60
Scope and Contents
numbered in negative: 1275.
box 2
Caravansérail de Mézeré 2017.R.25-61
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 423.
box 2
Route du Kharzan sur Mézeré 2017.R.25-62
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 416.
box 2
Sur la route du Kharzan 2017.R.25-63
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 424.
box 2
Sur le Khurzan (village) 2017.R.25-64
box 2
Piri-Bazar - lieu de débarquement après la traversée du lac et de la rivière de Piri-Bazar 2017.R.25-65
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative (twice): 434.
box 2
Iman-Zadeh - Rachim (habitations) 2017.R.25-66
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 412.
box 2
À Ourmiah 2017.R.25-67
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1261.
box 2
Nomades à Zaliehe 2017.R.25-68
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative:486.
box 2
Nomades dans le Lauristan 2017.R.25-69
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 592.
box 2
Nettoyage du blé (Salamaste) 2017.R.25-70
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1252.
box 2
Nourrice persane 2017.R.25-71
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negaive: 1377.
box 2
Repos persan 2017.R.25-72
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1163.
box 2
Chaldéene 2017.R.25-73
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 392.
box 2
Persanes - moulure du blé 2017.R.25-74
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 540.
box 2
[Portrait of a Seated Woman in Brocade Jacket and Skirt] 2017.R.25-75
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 480.
box 2
Persanes 2017.R.25-76
Scope and Contents
Two women and a child. Numbered in negative: 543. An inscription in the negative in Cyrillic (?) appears next to the child.
box 2
Persanes en rue à Téhéran 2017.R.25-77
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 508.
box 2
Persane 2017.R.25-78
Scope and Contents
Portrait of a woman in a short skirt standing with her arm resting on the back of a chair. Numbered in negative: 804.
box 2
Persanes 2017.R.25-79
Scope and Contents
Group portrait with ten men and women. Numbered in negative: 1531.
box 2
[Nude Reclining on a Carpet] 2017.R.25-80
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 562.
box 2
Persane 2017.R.25-81
Scope and Contents
Young woman reclining on a rug with a mirror behind her reflecting the back of her head. Numbered in negative: 1344.
box 2
[Nude Sitting on Carpets] 2017.R.25-82
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 564.
box 2
[Reclining Nude with Striped Blanket] 2017.R.25-83
box 2
Marchand de figues 2017.R.25-84
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 510.
box 2
Téhéran - marchand de thé 2017.R.25-85
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 522.
box 2
Portefaix (Téhéran) 2017.R.25-86
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 585.
box 2
Mirza (Ecrivain) 2017.R.25-87
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1352.
box 2
Epicier - Droguiste 2017.R.25-88
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1243.
box 2
Mendiant à Téhéran 2017.R.25-89
Scope and Contents
Portrait of an old bearded beggar. Numbered in negative: 1334
box 2
Mendiant à Téhéran 2017.R.25-90
Scope and Contents
Young nude boy wearing cap, standing in the street.
box 2
Fumeur de haschich 2017.R.25-91
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 578.
box 2
Persan 2017.R.25-92
Scope and Contents
Portrait of a man with his hand tucked into his jacket. Numbered in negative: 527.
box 2
Vendeur de sirop à Chiraz 2017.R.25-93
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1339.
box 2
Derviche 2017.R.25-94
Scope and Contents
Portrait of a young dervish wearing a skull cap. Numbered in negative: 511.
box 2
Derviche à Ispahan 2017.R.25-95
Scope and Contents
Dervish riding a bull. Numbered in negative: 832.
box 2
Derviche à Téhéran 2017.R.25-96
Scope and Contents
Three-quarter length portrait of a dervish holding his club over his shoulder. Numbered in negative: 1357.
box 2
Derviches et fumeurs d'opium 2017.R.25-97
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 534.
