Finding aid for Maximilien-Étienne-Émile Barry, Mission scientifique de Mr. Ernest Chantre sous-directeur du Muséum de Lyon
dans la haute Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan et le Caucase, 1881 2018.R.23
Beth Ann Guynn
Special Collections
2019
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Title: Maximilien-Étienne-Émile Barry, Mission scientifique de Mr. Ernest Chantre sous-directeur du Muséum de Lyon dans la haute
Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan et le Caucase
Creator: Barry, Maximillien-Étienne-Émile, 1843-1910
Identifier/Call Number: 2018.R.23
Physical Description: 2.75 Linear Feet(2 boxes: 57 photographs on 56 sheets and 1 map in 1 portfolio)
Date: 1881
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Abstract: The portfolio documenting Ernest Chantre's scientific mission to the Caucasus, Kurdistan and Mesopotamia, undertaken between
March and September 1881, contains 57 albumen photographs taken by Captain Maximilien-Étienne-Émile Barry and one lithographed
map showing the expedition's route. The photographs primarily document the Kurdistan portion of the mission which began in
Trabzon, on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey, and proceeded on to Poti, Kutaisi, Goti and Tbilisi in the Caucasus.
During the expedition Chantre explored some of the oldest continuously inhabited towns and cities in the world. The photographs
record both ancient archaeological and contemporary urban sites. Portraits of inhabitants encountered along the way include
those of Mingrelian, Kurdish and Armenian peoples. Also present are scenes of daily life and landscapes.
Language of Material: Collection material is in French.
Publication Rights
Arrangement
The portfolio is arranged in a single series: Series I. Mission scientifique de Mr. Ernest Cantre sous-directeur du Muséum
de Lyon dans la haute Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan et le Caucase, 1881.
Biographical / Historical
Maximilien-Étienne-Émile Barry (1843-1910), the son of a history professor in Toulouse, France, was a career military officer
who rose to the rank of Brigadier General. In 1881, when a captain, he obtained a five-month leave to accompany Ernest Chantre's
scientific mission to the Caucasus, Kurdistan and Mesopotamia. As a colonel he organized the defense of Le Havre in 1899.
Sources consulted:
- "Maximilien-Étienne-Émile Barry," http://military-photos.com/barry.htm
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2019 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2018r23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired in 2018.
Preferred Citation
Maximilien-Étienne-Émile Barry, Mission scientifique de Mr. Ernest Chantre sous-directeur du Muséum de Lyon dans la haute
Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan et le Caucase, 1881, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accessionno. 2018.R.23.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2018r23
Processing Information
Beth Ann Guynn and Nieves Maria Rocha processed the collection and wrote the finding aid in 2019.
Scope and Content of Collection
The French archaeologist and anthropologist, Ernest Chantre (1843-1924), was the assistant director of the Muséum de Lyon,
and was an instructor in anthropology and geology. Between 1873 and 1913 he took part in several scientific missions to Kurdistan,
Asia Minor, and North Africa. His illustrated monographs recording his expeditions include five volumes on the Caucasus; two
on Tripoli, Tunis and Algeria; and one each on Transcaucasia, Cappadocia and Egypt and Nubia.
The portfolio documenting Ernest Chantre's scientific mission to the Caucasus, Kurdistan and Mesopotamia, undertaken between
March and September 1881, contains 57 albumen photographs on 56 sheets and one lithographed map showing the expedition's route.
The photographs, taken by Captain Maximilien-Étienne-Émile-Barry, mainly chart the Kurdistan portion of the mission that began
in Trabzon, on the Black Sea coast of northeastern Turkey, and proceeded on to Poti, Kutaisi, Goti and Tbilisi in the Caucasus.
The expedition's route then turned south into Armenia, visiting Yerevan, and heading on to Diyarbakir (Diarbékir), Turkey
and Orfa, Syria in northern Kurdistan, before ending in Aleppo. During the expedition Chantre explored some of the oldest
continuously inhabited towns and cities in the world. Barry's photographs record both archaeological sites and contemporary
urban views. Portraits of inhabitants encountered along the way include Mingrelian, Kurdish and Armenian peoples; some local
notables are identified by name. Also present are scenes of daily life and landscapes.
The portfolio has tan covers with string ties; the title is printed in black on the front board. Each mount bears the running
title printed above the image:
Mission scientifique de Mr. Ernest Chantre sous-directeur du Muséum de Lyon dans la haute Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan et le
Caucase
; below the title twenty-three mounts include a wet-stamped credit line: Photographie de Mr. le Capitaine Barry. Image titles
are handwritten below each photograph. Forty-three photographs are numbered in the negative.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Albumen prints -- Kurdistan -- 19th century
Kurds -- Middle East -- Portraits
Caucasia -- Description and travel
Kurdistan -- Description and travel
Portfolios (groups of works) -- Kurdistan -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Chantre, Ernest, 1843-1924
Maximilien-Étienne-Émile Barry, Mission scientifique de Mr. Ernest Chantre sous-directeur du Muséum de Lyon dans la haute
Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan et le Caucase
Series 1.
1881
Mission scientifique de Mr. Ernest Chantre sous-directeur du Muséum de Lyon dans la haute Mésopotamie, le Kurdistan et le
Caucase (digitized version): 1881
Arrangement
In original order.
box 1
Portfolio front cover 2018.R.23-fc
box 1
Portfolio back cover 2018.R.23-bc
box 1
Côté est de la cour de la mosquée de Diarbékir 2018.R.23-1
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 156.
box 1
Foyer d'une maison en ruine au pied du château de Tergi (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-2
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 233.
box 1
Le rocher de la ville de Van 2018.R.23-3
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 195. Shows the fortress to the right.
box 1
Arménien, Tiflis (Caucase) 2018.R.23-4
Scope and Contents
Frontal portrait.
box 1
Arméniennes, Diarbékir (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-5
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 167.
box 1
Ansharié, Antioche (Syrie) 2018.R.23-6
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 68.
box 1
Kurde, Diarbékir (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-7
box 1
Arménien, Tiflis (Caucase) 2018.R.23-8
Scope and Contents
Profile portrait of a man wearing a suit.
box 1
Le naïb et un Avar de Konzak (Baghestan) 2018.R.23-9
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 48.
box 1
Attelage de charrue à l'est du lac Van (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-10
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 217.
box 1
Fouilles de Toprakale à 4 kilt.res de Van [Fouilles de Toprakale à 4 kilomtères de Van] 2018.R.23-11
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 212. Annotation continues: Le vice-consul de Russie et Mme. Camsaragan / Mr. Gaillard chef de service
télégraphique international de Van (Kurdistan).
box 1
Le rocher de la ville de Van (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-12
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 194. Shows ruins in foreground.
box 1
Une rue de Van (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-13
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 202.
box 1
Panorama de Bayazid et plaine de l'Ararat (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-14
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 250.
box 1
Lac de Van, baie de Tadwan, les monts de Nemrod (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-15
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 193.
box 1
Charrue des environs du lac Van 2018.R.23-16
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 221.
box 1
Porte d'entrée de la mosquée de Bayazid, actuellement caserne d'infanterie (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-17
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 252.
box 1
Gounib pris du palais du gouverneur (Baghestan) 2018.R.23-18
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 259.
box 1
Nobles géorgiens 2018.R.23-19
box 1
M. Coselle, ingénieur à Antioche, et sa famille 2018.R.23-20
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 70.
box 1
Rue du nouveau Gounib (Daghestan) 2018.R.23-21
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 41 bis.
box 1
Partie sud de Biredjick et l'Euphrate (H.te Mésopotamie) [Haute Mésopotamie] 2018.R.23-22
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 103.
box 1
Panorama de la ville de Bayazid (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-23
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 249.
box 1
Campement français à Biredjick, Euphrate (H.te Mésopotamie) [Haute Mésopotamie] 2018.R.23-24
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 120.
box 2
Laboureurs de Diarbékir (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-25
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 168.
box 2
Maison du Natchalnik de Wedeno, le colonel Castellanof et sa famille 2018.R.23-26
box 2
Groupe d'arabes pris à Khan Cheik Khoum (Syrie) 2018.R.23-27
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 25.
box 2
Femmes arabes, Kosséir, vallée de l'Oronte (Syrie) 2018.R.23-28
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 256.
box 2
Statue trouvée dans les fouilles de Séleucia (Syrie) 2018.R.23-29
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 74.
box 2
Tombeaux creusés dans les rochers à Séleucia (Syrie) 2018.R.23-30
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 79.
box 2
La ville et les jardins de Hamah (Syrie) 2018.R.23-31
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 24.
box 2
Kurdes de tribus diverses, Biredjick (H.te Mésopotamie) [Haute Mésopotamie] 2018.R.23-32
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 113.
box 2
Kurde de Sowerek, tribu des Zazas, marchand de petit bois à Diarbékir 2018.R.23-33
Scope and Contents
Two photographs: frontal and profile view of a Turkish man.
box 2
Une rue du bazar de Diarbékir 2018.R.23-34
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 144.
box 2
Maison où est né Schamyl à Wedeno (Daghestan) 2018.R.23-35
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 1.
box 2
Mingrelien, Toti (Caucase) 2018.R.23-36
Scope and Contents
Illegible inscription in negative on upper left corner.
box 2
Lesghins (Daghestan) 2018.R.23-37
box 2
Kurdes Zazas, Diarbékir (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-38
Scope and Contents
Portrait view.
box 2
Kurdes Zazas, Diarbékir (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-39
Scope and Contents
Profile view.
box 2
Kurdes Duguerly, Medjeri-khan (H.te Mésopotamie) [Haute Mésopotamie] 2018.R.23-40
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 125.
box 2
Kurde, Alep (Syrie) 2018.R.23-41
box 2
Groupe de femmes Avares du village de Kalaki (Daghestan) 2018.R.23-42
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 45
box 2
M. Pisani, chef du service télégraphique international à Diarbékir et sa famille, Kurdistan 2018.R.23-43
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 169.
box 2
Travailleurs et mendiants de Diarbékir 2018.R.23-44
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 180.
box 2
Jeune mariée Ansharié, son mari, son frère, sa mère (Syrie) 2018.R.23-45
Scope and Contents
Image same as 2019.R.23-46.
box 2
Jeune mariée Ansharié, son mari, son frère, sa mère (Syrie) 2018.R.23-46
Scope and Contents
Image same as 2019.R.23-45.
box 2
Paysage aux environs de Kalaki et de Kouzak 2018.R.23-47
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 245. Image same as 2019.R.23-48.
box 2
Environs de Kalaki et route de Konzak (Daghestan) 2018.R.23-48
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 245. Image same as 2019.R.23-47.
box 2
Avars (Daghestan) 2018.R.23-49
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 248. Image same as 2019.R.23-50.
box 2
Avars (Daghestan) 2018.R.23-50
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 248. Image same as 2019.R.23-49.
box 2
Coupure de Slanzovoc entre Konzak et Gounib (Laghestan) 2018.R.23-51
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 42.
box 2
Contrefort de la vallée de l'Oronte 2018.R.23-52
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 16.
box 2
Sources de l'Oronte (Syrie) 2018.R.23-53
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 258.
box 2
Les portes de fer à Antioche (Syrie) 2018.R.23-54
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 88.
box 2
La coupure de Stanzovoe, entre Kouzak et Gounib 2018.R.23-55
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 43.
box 2
Gorge de la rivière de Bitlis (Kurdistan) 2018.R.23-56
Scope and Contents
Numbered in negative: 189.
box 2
Itinéraire et fouilles de Mr. E. Chantre, 1881 2018.R.23-57
