Original caption on verso reads, "Mil-i Radkan (N. of Tūs). Marked "Unpubl."."
Radkan (Iran): Tomb Tower at Radkan, East: Ground Plan [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-392
FSA A.6 05.0392
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld original drawings'caption and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Tus (Iran): Haruniya Mausoleum: Ground Plan [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-396
FSA A.06 05.0396
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld original drawings'caption and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Original caption on verso reads, "Project, Tomb of Firdawsi."
Tus (Iran): Project for Mausoleum Commemorating the Poet Ferdowsi [drawing]
Arrangement:
Drawings are arranged roughly in sequential number sequences, housed in document boxes or in flat file folders by size, and stored in the map case drawers.
Local Numbers:
D-758
FSA A.06 05.0758
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Ernst Herzfeld original drawings'caption and Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
"Built in mid 14th century on the road to Mashhad, the tomb houses a Mihrab inside. The photograph is the view towards north and from the southern façade of the structure." [Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Curatorial Research Assistant]
- FSg curatorial research specialist remark on Antoin Sevruguin photo manipulation reads, "There is red paper stuck to the area around the structure and black and red paint covers the area between the paper and the structure. Two figures standing in front of the structure are also painted over with black ink."
- Handwritten number (scratched, probably by Antoin Sevruguin) reads, "711."
- Faded handwritten number (inked, probably by Antoin Sevruguin) reads, "267."
- Handwritten information on slip of paper (from a 1943-1944 cash book, produced by the Bathni Brothers, Tehran) reads, "218) Imamzadeh in Nishapur. [Marked with unidentified seal]." [Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information]
- Myron Bement Smith handwritten caption in English reads, "47.P; Box 26.9 (P) [black-and-white print on hand]. Khorasan. Tus. "Hauriyaniyeh" Mausoleum (# 218)." [Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information; Box 60; Folder 44: 47 P: Antoine Sevruguin, glass negatives, Iran]
Arrangement:
According to Myron B. Smith handwritten document (Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information; Box 60; Folder 44: 47 P Antoine Sevruguin, glass negatives, Iran), Antoin Sevruguin's 696 glass negatives, at the time of their acquisition, were arranged into 61 boxes without any apparent organization. Today they are housed in archival document boxes, essentially duplicating the original arrangement, and stored on shelves. This glass negative was included into "Box 26."
Biographical / Historical:
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, leaving behind only a fraction of his large collection of glass negatives, which is currently in the Archives of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
Local Numbers:
FSA A.4 2.12.GN.26.09
General:
Title and summary note are provided by Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, FSg curatorial research specialist.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.
"Built in mid 14th century on the road to Mashhad, the tomb houses a Mihrab inside. The photograph is the view towards north and from the southern façade of the structure." [Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Curatorial Research Assistant]
- On recto of the print, scratched handwritten number (inked, probably by Antoin Sevruguin) reads, "711."
- On recto of the print, faded handwritten number (inked, probably by Antoin Sevruguin) reads, "267."
- On verso of the print, handwritten number (penciled) reads, "26.9."
- On verso of the print (lower left corner), original stamp, in French and Persian, reads, "Photographie Sevruguin."
- On verso of the print, Myron Bement Smith caption in English reads, "Persia; Khorasan; Tus; Mausoleum "Hauriyaniyeh"; Vol. I, Index to Sevruguian Collection identifies this as: "Imamzadeh Hauraniyeh (sic) in Tus"."
Arrangement:
Gelatin silver prints organized by Myron B. Smith into subject categories (People; Architecture - Pre-Islamic; Royalty - Residences - Gulistan Palace (Tehran); Architecture; Landscapes). This print is in the following subject category: Architecture.
Biographical / Historical:
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.
Local Numbers:
[19(D3)]
FSA A.4 2.12.Sm.76
General:
Title and summary note are provided by Shabnam Rahimi-Golkhandan, FSg curatorial research specialist.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.
1 Volume (324 cyanotype prints, b&w, 16 cm. x 21.7 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Volumes
Cyanotypes
Photographic prints
Place:
Asia
Iran
Dāmghān (Iran)
Tehran (Iran)
Ṭūs (Iran)
Date:
1904-1934
Scope and Contents:
The abbreviations used in captions of published photos are:
AMI --Archaeologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, Herzfeld
SA-II --Ars Islamica, X (1943), "Damascus: Studies in Architecture, II...," Herzfeld
SPA --Survey of Persian Art (A.U.Pope, ed.)
ZDMG --Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenländlishen Gesellschaft. Neue Folge V (Leipzig, 1926). Herzfeld's Reisebericht
- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Cyanotypes File 10", which was arranged by Ernst Herzfeld, provides 324 photographic prints which relate to to Herzfeld house in Tehran (Iran), the Summer house of the German legation at Shimran (Iran), and to mountain expeditions in Kurdistan (Iran) and Khorasan (Iran), as well as field studies of various architectural buildings and archaeological remains at Damghan (Iran), Bistam (Iran), Radkan (Iran), Sabzavar (Iran), Khusrawgird (Iran), Nishapur (Iran), Tus (Iran), Sangbast (Iran), and Khargird (Iran).
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "The prints are from three sources: (1) those from glass negatives; (2) those from cut film; and (3) those for which there are no negatives. The Archive contains Herzfeld's glass negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850. Of most of these he had blueprints made which he had arranged in 16 binders by general categories, irrespective of the number on the negative. These formed the nucleus for the preparation of the Photo Files. The 16 binders of blueprints have been replaced by Photo Files, Nos. 1-16. The prints in each File are arranged in the same order as the blueprints; and the number of the negative is enclosed in parentheses. Following a brief identification, is a reference to the place where the print has been published, if that is the case and such publication has been located."
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files; Persian Architecture and Landscapes (Cyanotypes File 10)
Arrangement:
- Of most of his 3,890 glass negatives, Herzfeld had blueprints made which he arranged in 16 binders irrespective of the number on the negative. In addition to the 16 blueprint binders, he assembled 5 albums including two from the Samarra series labelled "Paläste und Moscheen-I and -II." The remainder of the photographs, from glass negatives and from cut films, sometimes identified by Herzfeld, were printed en masse for study purpose (labelled by Upton as duplicate prints) and which are, for the most part, unpublished. For his own research, Herzfeld also collected prints from many sources. Of those there are no negatives. Finally, in early 1970s, Joseph Upton reorganized the whole Herzfeld collection of photographic prints into 42 photographic files, assembling 14 additional files in excess of the 21 existing files arranged by Herzfeld himself. The eight remaining files, File 35 to File 42, are made of duplicate prints provided by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Local Numbers:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Cyanotypes File 10
FSA A.6 04.CY.10
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
181 Photographic prints (Volume one: 4 folders, b&w, 29.2 cm. x 22.8 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Asia
Iran
Dāmghān (Iran)
Ṭūs (Iran)
Date:
1904-1934
Scope and Contents:
- "Photo File 10, Volume 1", which was assembled by Joseph Upton, provides 181 photographic prints which relate to field study of various architectural buildings and archaeological remains at Damghan (Iran), Bistam (Iran), Radkan (Iran), Sabzavar (Iran), Khusrawgird (Iran), Nishapur (Iran), Tus (Iran), Sangbast (Iran), and Khargird (Iran).
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "The prints are from three sources: (1) those from glass negatives; (2) those from cut film; and (3) those for which there are no negatives. The Archive contains Herzfeld's glass negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850. Of most of these he had blueprints made which he had arranged in 16 binders by general categories, irrespective of the number on the negative. These formed the nucleus for the preparation of the Photo Files. The 16 binders of blueprints have been replaced by Photo Files, Nos. 1-16. The prints in each File are arranged in the same order as the blueprints; and the number of the negative is enclosed in parentheses. Following a brief identification, is a reference to the place where the print has been published, if that is the case and such publication has been located."
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files; Persian Architecture and Landscapes (Photo File 10, vol. 1)
Arrangement:
- Of most of his 3,890 glass negatives, Herzfeld had blueprints made which he arranged in 16 binders irrespective of the number on the negative. In addition to the 16 blueprint binders, he assembled 5 albums including two from the Samarra series labelled "Paläste und Moscheen-I and -II." The remainder of the photographs, from glass negatives and from cut films, sometimes identified by Herzfeld, were printed en masse for study purpose (labelled by Upton as duplicate prints) and which are, for the most part, unpublished. For his own research, Herzfeld also collected prints from many sources. Of those there are no negatives. Finally, in early 1970s, Joseph Upton reorganized the whole Herzfeld collection of photographic prints into 42 photographic files, assembling 10 additional files in excess of the 24 existing files arranged by Herzfeld himself. The eight remaining files, File 35 to File 42, are made of duplicate prints provided by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Local Numbers:
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Photo File 10, Volume 1
FSA A.6 04.PF.10.v1
General:
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 4 in.x 5 in. (10.2 cm. x 12.7 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 10 and 11. Tûs. Grabstein in d. Hārūniyya; 'II'."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 10: [no neg.] Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked '1' on four squeezes, numbered 10/10c. See N-109, p. 11."
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 9 in.x 17 in. (22.9 cm. x 43.2 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 10 and 11. Tûs. Grabstein in d. Hārūniyya; 'II'."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 10: [no neg.] Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked '1' on four squeezes, numbered 10/10c. See N-109, p. 11."
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 9 in.x 24 in. (22.9 cm. x 61 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 10 and 11. Tûs. Grabstein in d. Hārūniyya; 'II'."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 10: [no neg.] Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked '1' on four squeezes, numbered 10/10c. See N-109, p. 11."
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 11 in.x 25 in. (27.9 cm. x 63.5 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 10 and 11. Tûs. Grabstein in d. Hārūniyya; 'II'."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 10: [no neg.] Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked '1' on four squeezes, numbered 10/10c. See N-109, p. 11."
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 12 in.x 34 in. (30.5 cm. x 86.4 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 10 and 11. Tûs. Grabstein in d. Hārūniyya; 'I'."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 11: [no neg.] Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked '2' on three squeezes, numbered 11/11b. See N-109, p. 10."
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 12 in.x 17 in. (30.5 cm. x 43.4 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 10 and 11. Tûs. Grabstein in d. Hārūniyya; 'I'."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 11: [no neg.] Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked '2' on three squeezes, numbered 11/11b. See N-109, p. 10."
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 9 in.x 12 in. (22.9 cm. x 30.5 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 10 and 11. Tûs. Grabstein in d. Hārūniyya; 'I'."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 11: [no neg.] Tus, Haruniyya. Tombstone II. Marked '2' on three squeezes, numbered 11/11b. See N-109, p. 10."
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 5 in.x 19 in. (12.7 cm. x 48.1 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 12c. Tûs. Koranische... inschr."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 13: [no neg.] Tus, Maqbara. Koranic side inscriptions. Two squeezes numbered 13/13a. See N-109, p. 12c."
1 Item (paper squeeze, b&w, 5 in.x 16 in. (12.7 cm. x 40.6 cm.))
Type:
Archival materials
Paper squeezes
Place:
Asia
Iran
Iran -- Razavi Khorasan -- Tus
Date:
1923-1931
Scope and Contents:
- Additional information from Ernst Herzfeld's notebook, N-108 (Arabische Inschriften I), reads, "[Page] 12c. Tûs. Koranische... inschr."
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Finding Aid reads, "Arabic No. 13: [no neg.] Tus, Maqbara. Koranic side inscriptions. Two squeezes numbered 13/13a. See N-109, p. 12c."
