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Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 66, Folder 14-15

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1916

Scope and Contents note:

"Copies of Famous Paintings owned in Japan"

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc352f85712-a362-439b-9615-0e30c0b49bf4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref1242

Collection Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang, 1856-1919  Search this

Container:

Box 71, Folder 7

Type:

Archival materials

Scope and Contents note:

List of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese pottery presented to Smithsonian Institution

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

Charles Lang Freer Papers. FSA A.01. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer.

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc34dedf37e-afba-4a5e-9c81-a20c49220431

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-01-ref1268

Creator:

Cahill, James, 1926-2014  Search this

Names:

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco  Search this

College Art Association of America  Search this

Freer Gallery of Art  Search this

Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Barnhart, Richard M., 1934-  Search this

Cahill, James, 1926-2014  Search this

Fong, Wen  Search this

Fu, Shen, 1937-  Search this

Lawton, Thomas, 1931-  Search this

Ledderose, Lothar date  Search this

Lee, Sherman E.  Search this

Li, Chu-tsing, 1920-  Search this

Pope, John Alexander, 1906-1982  Search this

Sickman, L. C. S. (Laurence C. S.)  Search this

Soper, Alexander Coburn, 1904-  Search this

Vinograd, Richard Ellis date  Search this

Wang, Chi-ch'ien  Search this

Wu, Nelson Ikon, 1919-  Search this

Extent:

12 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Postcards

Manuscripts

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Japan

Berkeley (Calif.)

China

Date:

1945-1996

Summary:

Papers created by Asian art historian, curator, and collector Dr. James Francis Cahill. Includes personal and professional correspondence and project files documenting his many publications, lectures and activities in the Asian art field. Documents span his early career at the Freer Gallery of Art, where he served as curator of Chinese art from 1957-1965, and his tenure 1965-1994 as Professor of the History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley.

Scope and Content Note:

The James Cahill Papers span the years 1945 to 1996 and measures 15 linear feet. The collection includes: personal and administrative correspondence with other art historians, art dealers and collectors; lecture manuscripts and administrative material and correspondence with art museums, universities and other organizations in the Asian art community. There are also several personal letters and postcards with family friends of James and Dorothy Cahill. The folder descriptions were retained from Cahill's own folder titles and organized alphabetically within each series.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into 2 series:

Series 1 -- Project Files, 1945-1996

Series 2 -- Correspondence with Individuals, 1945-1996

Biographical Note:

1926 -- Born, Fort Bragg, CA

1950 -- Receives BA degree in Oriental Languages from University of California, Berkeley

1952 -- Receives MA degree in Art History from University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor

Circa 1953 -- Holds a museum training fellowship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

1954-1955 -- Studies with Shujiro Shimada at Kyoto University in Japan on a Fulbright Scholarship

1956 -- Works with Osvald Sirén in Stockholm on his seven-volume series "Chinese Painting: Leading Masters and Principles" Joins staff of Freer and Sackler Gallery as Curator of Chinese Art

1958 -- Receives PhD in Art History from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, working principally with Max Loehr

1960 -- Publishes first and highly influential book: "Chinese Painting." In: Treasures of Asia series, Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, Switzerland 1960. Published also in French and German editions

1965 -- Leaves the Freer and Sackler Gallery to accept position as Professor of History of Art at the University of California, Berkeley

1973 -- Goes to China as member of the Chinese Archaeological Delegation, first group of art historians to visit China from the US

1976 -- Publishes first of projected five-volume series on later Chinese paintings: "Hills Beyond a River: Chinese Painting of the Yuan Dynasty"

1977 -- Visits China as chairman of Chinese Old Painting Delegation

1978 -- Publishes second of projected five-volume series on later Chinese painting: "Parting At the Shore: Chinese Painting of the Early and Middle Ming Dynasty"

1978-1979 -- Accepts appointment as Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard; delivers series of lectures titled, "The Compelling Image: Nature and Style in 17th Century Chinese Painting"

1982 -- Publishes "Barnhart-Cahill-Rogers Correspondence, 1981" (collection of correspondence published for colleagues) The Harvard lecture series: "The Compelling Image: Nature and Style in 17th Century Chinese Painting" published as a book, receives College of Art Association's Morey Prize for Best Art History book

1998-1999 -- Spends a year at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton with his wife, the art historian and artist Hsingyuan Tsao

2007 -- Former students organize 80th birthday party/symposium at Berkeley, titled: "Returning to the Shore"

2010 -- Became the 12th Recipient of the Charles Lang Freer Medal

Present -- Living in Vancouver, Canada

Related Material:

The James Cahill website, http://www.jamescahill.info/ which contains digitized versions of selected unpublished papers, correspondence and personal reminisces.

Provenance:

Gift of James Cahill.

Restrictions:

Collection is closed for processing. Please contact the Archives for more information.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Occupation:

Art historians  Search this

Topic:

Art, Japanese  Search this

Art, Chinese  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Manuscripts

Citation:

James Cahill papers, 1945-1996. FSA.A2001.11. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of James Cahill, December 12th, 2001.

Identifier:

FSA.A2001.11

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3545db6a7-d742-46c7-9bfd-604d46ac0bf3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2001-11

Creator:

Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992  Search this

Falk, Pauline  Search this

Names:

Pan American World Airways, Inc.  Search this

Baerwald, Paul, 1871-1961  Search this

Collection Creator:

Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992  Search this

Falk, Pauline  Search this

Extent:

1 Film positive (silent, 16 minutes, black and white, 16mm)

Container:

Reel 1

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Film positives

Home movies

Motion pictures (visual works)

Place:

China -- Description and Travel

Philippines

Hong Kong

China

USA -- New York -- New York

Date:

1937

Scope and Contents:

One of four reels 16mm motion picture film taken during Johnny and Pauline Falk's 1937 trip to China, Korea and Japan. Kodak had only recently made color film available, so this may be the earliest color footage of many of the locations the Falks visited.

广州 厦门 汉口重庆

Biographical / Historical:

The Falks took one of the inaugural Pan Am Clipper flights to China in 1937. Myron S. (Johnny) Falk Jr., and his wife Pauline Baerwald Falk were active philanthropists, prominent Asian art collectors and were both active in the Jewish and Art communities.

0:00 - 0:39: Alameda Airport, boarding the Philippine Clipper (March 24-25); 0:39 - 0:49: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (March 26); 0:49 - 2:49: 1. Pan American Airways Hotel at Midway / Wake Island (March 27-30); 2:49 - 4:34: Military parade of soldiers and children, Guam (March 31); 4:24 - 4:52: Manila (April 1); 4:55 - 5:47: Xiamen (April 5); 5:47 - 6:30: Hong Kong Harbor, on the boat to Kowloon (April 6); 6:30 - 6:38: Ruins of St. Paul's in Macau (April 8); 6:38 - 6:42: ? 6:42 - 7:04: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Guangzhou (April 10-11); 7:04 - 7:32: Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall or Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou; 7:32 - 7:36: Hills outside of Guangzhou (April 10-12); 7:36 - 7:41: ? 7:41 - 8:09: Train from Guangzhou to Wubei on Hangkow Railroad (April 12); 8:09 - 8:11: Locals somewhere near train station between Guangzhou and Wubei (April 12); 8:12 - 8:20: Viewing Temple of the Six Banyan Trees from a distance, railroad stations along Hangkow RR (April 12); 8:20 - 8:33: Wuhan, along the Yangtze. Perhaps taken from the Chinese Customs House (April 12); 8:33 - 8:44: Nina & George Blowers, Hankou (April 13); 8:44 - 8:57: Hangkow Country Club (April 14); 8:57 - 9:06: Spectators in Hankou watching plane departure (April 15); 9:06 - 10:43: Pilot Hugh Chen preparing to fly a small Loening, views of Hankou port, Standard Oil Company, men carrying gasoline barrels (April 15); 10:43 - 11:30: Airport in Shasi District of Jingzhou, watching planes land and take off (April 15); 11:30 - 12:30: Crossing Yangtze river at Chongqing, looking out onto the mountains (April 16); 12:30 - 14:52: Taking "chairs" up into Chongqing hillside, looking out onto the hills, visited temple with many graves, looked down at Yangzi and Chongqing industry (April 16); 14:52 - 15:16: "Mr. Hamburger" or "Mr. Reuss" and Falks in Chongqing, home of a K.Z. Yang (April 17); 15:16 - 16:13: Crossing Yangzi in Chongqing on the way to Shanghai (April 17)

Local Numbers:

FSA A2002.03 4.1

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Home movies

Motion pictures (visual works)

Collection Citation:

Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk, Jr. Papers, FSA.A2002.03. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the Falk family.

Sponsor:

Processed in 2022 with funding from the Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

FSA.A2002.03, Item FSA A2002.03 4.1

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3ffc9e46f-e11b-424a-85b6-919021c06068

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2002-03-ref1

Creator:

Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992  Search this

Falk, Pauline  Search this

Names:

Pan American World Airways, Inc.  Search this

Baerwald, Paul, 1871-1961  Search this

Collection Creator:

Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992  Search this

Falk, Pauline  Search this

Extent:

1 Film positive (silent, 14 minutes, black and white, 16mm)

Container:

Reel 2

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Film positives

Home movies

Motion pictures (visual works)

Place:

China -- Description and Travel

Shanghai (China)

Beijing (China)

Date:

1937

Scope and Contents:

One of four reels 16mm motion picture film taken during Johnny and Pauline Falk's 1937 trip to China, Korea and Japan. Kodak had only recently made color film available, so this may be the earliest color footage of many of the locations the Falks visited.

上海 杭州 北京

Biographical / Historical:

The Falks took one of the inaugural Pan Am Clipper flights to China in 1937. Myron S. (Johnny) Falk Jr., and his wife Pauline Baerwald Falk were active philanthropists, prominent Asian art collectors and were both active in the Jewish and Art communities.

0:00 - 1:16: Landing at Shanghai airport, met by "Mr. Chung's car" (April 17); 1:17 - 1:52: Shanghai Harbor, ferry crossing the water, Mrs. Falk and K.C. Chung (April 17); 1:52 - 2:13: riding up "dike road" to Hangzhou from Shanghai with K.C. Chung (April 20); 2:13 - 2:24: Heavy rainfall on the sightseeing tour in Hangzhou, tea at the "largest temple in grove" (April 21); 2:24 - 3:37: Hangzhou, walking along the dike road that cuts off a part of the lake (April 21); 3:37 - 3:43: Huanglong Cave ("Grotto of Yellow Dragon"); in Hunan (April 22); 3:34 - 3:53: Winter Palace (Beihai Park) Pavilion, White Dagoba, Beijing (April 27); 3:53 - 5:51: Forbidden City (April 28-29); 3:51 - 6:11: Scenes from the train from Beijing to Hankou (April 30); 6:11 - 7:38: Donkey ride up to Great Wall from the Hankou pass (April 30); 7:38 - 8:11: Ming Tombs and stone elephant, Beijing (April 30); 8:11 - 8:41: Funeral procession, Beijing (April 30/May 1); 8:41 - 8:50: Duobao Glazed Tile Pagoda, Summer Palace, Beijing (May 1); 8:50 - 9:04: Summer Palace (May 1); 9:04 - 9:55: The Pagoda of Buddhist Virtue with KC Chung and his mother, Summer Palace, Beijing (May 1); 9:55 - 10:07: Summer Palace, Archway, bronze male lions (May 1); 10:08 - 10:14: Pagoda of Buddhist Virtue (May 1); 10:14 - 10:24: Viewing Pagoda of Buddhist Virtue from boat (Unknown date, likely May 1-7); 10:30 - 10:39: Banbi Bridge, Summer Palace (May 7); 10:39 - 10:55: Hall of the Sea of Wisdom, Summer Palace (May 7); 10:56 - 11:01: In the Summer Palace grounds (May 7); 11:01 - 11:12: Duobao Glazed Tile Pagoda, Summer Palace (May 7); 11:12 - 11:15: Detail of dragon head on Summer Palace roof (May 7); 11:15 - 11:21: Stupa, Summer Palace (May 7); 11:21 - 11:26: Bronze lion, Summer Palace (May 7); 11:26 - 11:32: Mrs. Falk and (likely) Mrs. Finnell in the Summer Palace grounds (May 7); 11:32 - 11:41: Lama monument, Beijing (May 4); 11:41 - 12:09: Lama monument, bas reliefs from Lama tomb (May 4); 12:09 - 13:32: Scenes from the Temple of Confucius, Beijing (May 4); 13:32 - 14:32: Nine Dragon Screen, Beihai Park, Beijing (April 27)

Local Numbers:

FSA A2002.03 4.2

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Home movies

Motion pictures (visual works)

Collection Citation:

Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk, Jr. Papers, FSA.A2002.03. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the Falk family.

Sponsor:

Processed in 2022 with funding from the Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

FSA.A2002.03, Item FSA A2002.03 4.2

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3707ff552-5ed7-4da1-9a10-2517935ea14e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2002-03-ref2

Creator:

Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992  Search this

Falk, Pauline  Search this

Names:

Baerwald, Paul, 1871-1961  Search this

Collection Creator:

Falk, Johnny, 1906-1992  Search this

Falk, Pauline  Search this

Extent:

1 Film positive (silent, 12 minutes, black and white, 16mm)

Container:

Reel 4

Type:

Archival materials

Moving Images

Film positives

Home movies

Motion pictures (visual works)

Place:

China -- Description and Travel

Korea

Japan

Date:

1937

Scope and Contents:

One of four reels 16mm motion picture film taken during Johnny and Pauline Falk's 1937 trip to China, Korea and Japan. Kodak had only recently made color film available, so this may be the earliest color footage of many of the locations the Falks visited.

沈阳 서울 京都 日光 鎌倉

Biographical / Historical:

The Falks took one of the inaugural Pan Am Clipper flights to China in 1937. Myron S. (Johnny) Falk Jr., and his wife Pauline Baerwald Falk were active philanthropists, prominent Asian art collectors and were both active in the Jewish and Art communities.

0:00 - 1:08: Qing Tombs, Shenyang (May 14); 1:08 - 1:33: Injeongjeon Hall, Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul, Peony gardens and another building - not sure exactly which building within the palace (May 15); 1:33 - 1:48: Wongaksa Pagoda at Tapgol Park, Seoul (May 15); 1:48 - 2:00: Gyeonghoeru Pavilion, Gyeongbokgung Palace (May 16); 2:00 - 2:06: Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul (May 16); 2:06 - 2:11: Yasaka Shrine OR Kamigamo Shrine, Kyoto (May 18); 2:11 - 2:22: Kyoto Schoolchildren (May 18-19); 2:22 - 2:25: Horyu-ji temple, Nara (May 19); 2:25 - 4:01: Riding on the rapids of the Hozugawa River, Kyoto (May 20); 4:01 - 6:00: Nikko Tosho-gu, Nikko, Japan (May 23); 6:00 - 8:09: Daibutsu, Kamakura, Japan (May); 8:09 - 9:29: Unknown residence, perhaps "Ernst and the children" as mentioned in the diary, likely in Kyoto (May 21); 9:29 - 11:40: Unknown ryokan or the Miyako Hotel in Kyoto (date unknown); 11:40 - 12:00: Mrs. Falk and unknown friends appearing to be on board a ship (date unknown)

Local Numbers:

FSA A2002.03 4.4

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Topic:

Art, Asian -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Home movies

Motion pictures (visual works)

Collection Citation:

Pauline B. and Myron S. Falk, Jr. Papers, FSA.A2002.03. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the Falk family.

Sponsor:

Processed in 2022 with funding from the Smithsonian Institution's American Women's History Initiative.

Identifier:

FSA.A2002.03, Item FSA A2002.03 4.4

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc344cdc7b3-7410-4371-8b5c-3caed2013a3b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2002-03-ref4

Creator:

Lang Jingshan, Photographer, 1892-1995  Search this

Ferguson, John Calvin, 1866-1945  Search this

Collection Creator:

Ferguson, John Calvin, 1866-1945  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (29 x 17.5 cm.)

Container:

Box 14, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Place:

China

Shanghai (China)

China -- Shanghai -- Shanghai

Date:

1939

Scope and Contents:

John Calvin Ferguson listed as patron.

Catalog of 14 photographs of Lang Jingshan to commemorate the centenary of Daguerre, sponsored by l'Association Photographique de l'Université l'Aurore, Shanghai, 1939. Fourteen monochrome photographs and one color print; forward by Lang, dated October 10, 1939. Also includes brief notes of appreciation by John C. Ferguson; J. Hernault S.J.; Hsia Ching-Kwen (Xia Jingguan) and Chen Chuan-Lin (Chen Zhuanlin).

郎靜山

Exhibition of Pictorial Photography, by Chin-san Long

Biographical / Historical:

Lang Jingshan was a pioneering Chinese photographer active from the 1920s until his death in 1995. He is most noted for incorporating Chinese traditional painting styles and themes into his photographs. He also was noted for exploring modernist subjects and techniques such as 'composite photography' and nudes.

Admission tickets and sales profits from this 1939 exhibition were donated to purchase medical photography equipment and for refugees of the Japanese invasion of China.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1999.33 3.10.1

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce and publish an item from the Archives is coordinated through the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery's Rights and Reproductions department. Please contact the Archives in order to initiate this process.

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Collection Citation:

John Calvin Ferguson Family Papers, FSA A1999.33. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Gift of Peter Ferguson.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Smithsonian Institution Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

Identifier:

FSA.A1999.33, File FSA A1999.33 3.10.1

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John Calvin Ferguson Family Papers / Series 5: Printed Material

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc33fa45cc9-2be4-4ff1-b5d9-d1509b8e33eb

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a1999-33-ref905

Creator:

Ricalton, James  Search this

Underwood and Underwood  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

151 Items (stereocards)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereoscopic photographs

Stereographs

Place:

India

Scope and Contents:

151 commercial stereographs depicting scenes of South Asia. Sources include Underwood and Underwood Publishers; Ricalton; H.C. White Co.; American Stereoscopic Co. and Keystone View Co. Collectively this is a nearly complete complement of photographs of India taken by James Ricalton.

Local Numbers:

E591

FSA A2014.06 2.S

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Genre/Form:

Stereoscopic photographs

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Robert J. Del Bonta Collection, FSA A2014.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A2014.06, Item FSA A2014.06 2.S

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Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc367fac918-056b-410d-acef-edc4b6c8b03e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a2014-06-ref11

Photographer:

Bonfils, Félix, 1831-1885  Search this

Creator:

Bonfils, Lydie, 1837-1918  Search this

Extent:

15 Prints (albumen, 22.5 x 28.5 cm sheets.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Panoramas

Photographs

Albumen prints

Place:

Damascus (Syria)

Istanbul (Turkey)

Constantinople (Turkey)

Turkey -- Istanbul Province -- Constantinople (Istanbul)

Syria -- Damascus -- Damascus

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Panoramic view in 360 degrees of Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey, circa 1870. 10 sheets of albumen print, of which five bear the photographer's signature and number.

Panoramic view of Damascus, Syria, circa 1870. 5 sheets of albumen print, all bearing the photographer's signature and number.

Arrangement:

Organized in two flat boxes.

First Box: Panoramas of Constantinople

Second Box: Panoramas of Damascus

Biographical / Historical:

Felix Bonfils was a French photographer who began his professional career as a bookbinder and printer, specializing in photoengravings. After visiting Lebanon as part of Napoleon III's expeditionary corps, in 1867 he became the first French photographer to settle in the Near East. With his wife Lydie, Bonfils established a studio, Maison Bonfils, in Beirut, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Known for his interest in architectural photography, Bonfils traveled widely in the Near East. His 1876 catalog is credited with introducing the genre of Near Eastern photographic portraiture.

Local Numbers:

FSA A1997.03

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form:

Panoramas

Photographs

Albumen prints -- 1860-1880

Citation:

Felix Bonfils Photographs, FSA A1997.03. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Identifier:

FSA.A1997.03

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc385ba2e52-efac-4214-b43d-41e61832fe00

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a1997-03

Creator:

Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933  Search this

Names:

Islamic Archives  Search this

Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933  Search this

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Extent:

1 Glass negative (b&w, 12.9 cm. x 17.8 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Glass negatives

Place:

Asia

Iran

Tehran (Iran)

Date:

1880-1930

Scope and Contents:

"The Seljuk Shrine/mosque has a lengthy list of restorations during the years, a few of the most significant of which is from Qajar period. From adding minarets and tile work to restoring the other structures and shrines around the main building, works were carried out in the span of about a hundred years during the reigns of Fath Ali Shah, Nasir al-Din Shah and Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar. Its golden dome was added during Nasir al-Din Shah's reign, who ordered the dome to be covered in Gold covered copper sheets around 1850s. The minarets were added around 1890s. Many of the images of the building in the 1900s publications are missing the most recent addition of the minarets. This photograph, however, was taken after the addition of the minarets. It shows the main entrance to the harem." [Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Curatorial Research Assistant]

- FSg curatorial research specialist remark on Antoin Sevruguin photo manipulation reads, "Small piece of tape at the back. All the four sides are chopped down and there is a partial number visible (8) on the lower left edge the rest of which is gone with the cut."

- Handwritten number (inked, probably by Antoin Sevruguin) reads, "1132."

- Handwritten information on slip of paper reads, "Shah abdul Azim." [Myron Bement Smith Collection, Subseries 2.1: Islamic Archives History, Collection Information]

- Myron Bement Smith handwritten caption in English reads, "47.P; Box 53.10: Shah Abdul Azim, general view." [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 53."

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.53.10

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.

Topic:

Architecture  Search this

Religious buildings  Search this

Genre/Form:

Glass negatives

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

Identifier:

FSA.A.04, Item FSA A.4 2.12.GN.53.10

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Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 2: The Islamic Archives / 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs / 2.12.01: Glass Plate Negatives / Glass Plate Negatives: Sets 1-61

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3d6398734-8467-444e-862d-f220ea601a9e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref10522

Creator:

Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933  Search this

Names:

Islamic Archives  Search this

Sevruguin, Antoin, 1851-1933  Search this

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Extent:

1 Glass negative (b&w, 17.7 cm. x 12.7 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Glass negatives

Place:

Asia

Iran

Tehran (Iran)

Date:

1880-1930

Scope and Contents:

"The palace was built during the reign of Nasir Al-Din Shah. The photo is taken about 15 years after its construction." [Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Curatorial Research Assistant]

- FSg curatorial research specialist remark on Antoin Sevruguin photo condition reads, "All four sides are chopped off."

- Myron Bement Smith handwritten caption in English reads, "47.P; Box 60.8: House and garden." [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 58."

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.60.08

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.

Topic:

Architecture  Search this

Palaces  Search this

Qajar dynasty, -- Iran, -- 1794-1925  Search this

Genre/Form:

Glass negatives

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

Identifier:

FSA.A.04, Item FSA A.4 2.12.GN.60.08

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Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 2: The Islamic Archives / 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs / 2.12.01: Glass Plate Negatives / Glass Plate Negatives: Sets 1-61

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc35f8d3150-84ac-4c13-b1ee-706208137b4c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref10594

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

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Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items / 3.1 : Map Case Drawer Items / Location 2

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3fa185c63-d14a-45c4-9b1e-6122293dd8ff

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9064

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

See more items in:

Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items / 3.1 : Map Case Drawer Items / Location 2

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3dbf93ada-e821-4363-bb71-3bb02e047976

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9070

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

See more items in:

Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items / 3.1 : Map Case Drawer Items / Location 3

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc373afa12c-f6b4-4362-993e-cce0e5d461c2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9079

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

See more items in:

Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items / 3.1 : Map Case Drawer Items / Location 3

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc32287e040-4671-4b59-bf28-a69089cc7383

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9088

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

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Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items / 3.1 : Map Case Drawer Items / Location 4

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3a668d340-3f68-4992-8122-b81befafe1f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9108

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

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Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items / 3.3: Items Stored in Freezer

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3556293cd-ca51-45eb-a9ab-aaede4849c42

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9154

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

See more items in:

Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items / 3.3: Items Stored in Freezer

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3065cc3b1-e6c5-4340-96f2-32679af178a8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9161

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

See more items in:

Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 3: Outsize and Miscellaneous Items / 3.1 : Map Case Drawer Items / Location 3

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc32700837c-7074-423f-9390-b6019258348b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9183

Collection Creator:

Smith, Myron Bement, 1897-1970  Search this

Container:

Box 2, Folder 15

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Collection Citation:

The Myron Bement Smith Collection, FSA A.04. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith.

See more items in:

Myron Bement Smith Collection

Myron Bement Smith Collection / Series 2: The Islamic Archives / 2.12: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs / 2.12.02: Sevruguin Smith Prints

Archival Repository:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc33da291b0-da3a-481d-889f-25f30ae6a885

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-fsa-a-04-ref9238