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LL/57771
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of Prince Abdul Husayn Mirza (Farma Farmaian)?
Late 19th early 20th century
Albumen print
6 5/8 x 4 1/2 ins (16.8 x 11.4 cm, image) 0 3/8 x 8 3/16 ins (26.4 x 20.8 cm, mat)
 
Brooklyn Museum
Purchase gift of Leona Soudavar in memory of Ahmad Soudavar, 1997.3.116
 
LL/57771

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LL/46025
Frances Carlhian
Shah of Persia - Nasir al-Din Shah
[Vues photographiques de Perse 1858-1861]
1860 (ca)
Albumen print
 
Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet
Archives photographiques, AP11186
 
LL/46025 [Further details available]

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LL/91156
Mayer Frères (?, photographer)
Ferouk Khan (1812-71)
1857
Salted paper print
24.3 x 18.5 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2906685
 
LL/91156 [Further details available]

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LL/57786
Abdullah Qajar
Official Royal Portrait of Prince Nosratollah
1899
Cabinet card
8 5/8 x 6 5/16 ins (21.9 x 16 cm) mat: 9 13/16 x 6 7/8 ins (25 x 17.5 cm)
 
Brooklyn Museum
Purchase gift of Leona Soudavar in memory of Ahmad Soudavar, 1997.3.181
 
LL/57786 [Further details available]

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LL/52826
Luigi Montabone
Sodati Persiani
[Ricordi del viaggio in Persia della missione italiana 1862]
1862
Photograph, hand-coloured
 
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
N. inv.: 87266; segn.: 138.C.88. Tavola 54, scheda 256c
 
LL/52826

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LL/57772
Unidentified photographer
Portrait of Prince Abdul Husayn Mirza (Farma Farmaian) after Hunting Gazelles
Late 19th early 20th century
Albumen print
5 1/16 x 7 1/16 ins (12.9 x 18.0 cm)
 
Brooklyn Museum
Purchase gift of Leona Soudavar in memory of Ahmad Soudavar, 1997.3.193
 
LL/57772

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LL/95207
Unidentified photographer
Runners before the Shah’s carriage in Teheran, Persia
1880 (ca)
Albumen print
17.3 x 12.2 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 ins) (image)
 
University of Chicago, University Library, Middle East Photo Archive
Work-ID: 190A
 
LL/95207

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LL/103693
Unidentified photographer
Iran: Native Life Details: The bastinado in a school; this is the favorite method of punishment in Persia
n.d.
Photograph
 
The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Photo Number(s): 001180, Negative Number(s): 024500, Accession Photo Number: 50, Accession Negative Number: 2927
 
LL/103693 [Further details available]

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LL/103694
Unidentified photographer
Persia: Native Life Details: Aziz-i-Sultan, an adopted son the late Shah
n.d.
Photograph
 
The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Photo Number(s): 001110, Negative Number(s): 023695, Accession Photo Number: 50, Accession Negative Number: 2805
 
LL/103694 [Further details available]

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LL/49838
Luigi Pesce
[Palace of the Shah]
1850s
Salted paper print, from paper negative
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Charles Wilkinson, 1977, Accession Number: 1977.683.10
 
LL/49838

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LL/77975
Luigi Pesce
(1) [Tag-e Bustan, Kermanshah]
1840s-1860s
Albumen silver print, from paper negative
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Charles K. and Irma B. Wilkinson, 1977, Accession Number: 1977.683.59
 
LL/77975

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LL/58593
Antione Sevruguin
Vicinity of Shahr-i Ray (Iran): Chasman-i-ali Mound: Qajar Rock Relief Depicting Fath Ali Shah
1880s-1930
Gelatin silver print
24 cm x 18 cm
 
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Myron Bement Smith Collection: Antoin Sevruguin Photographs. Gift of Katherine Dennis Smith, 1973-1985, Local number: FSA A.4 2.12.Sm.40
 
LL/58593 [Further details available]

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LL/100650
Unidentified photographer
Tomb of Cyrus (Kurosh) in Mashhad Morgab [Iranians. Iran (Persia)]
1900-1950
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1311-4
 
LL/100650

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LL/100651
Unidentified photographer
Tomb of Sultan Mohamed Khodabende Oljayt in Sultaniye [Iranians. Iran (Persia)]
1900-1950
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1311-9
 
LL/100651

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LL/100649
Unidentified photographer
Tomb of Darius of the First Achaemenid in Nagsha Rostam [Iranians. Iran (Persia)]
1900-1950
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1311-7
 
LL/100649

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LL/100652
Unidentified photographer
Tomb of Sheikh Safi al-Din in Ardabil [Iranians. Iran (Persia)]
1900-1950
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 1311-6
 
LL/100652

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LL/103688
Unidentified photographer
Iran: Persia: Persepolis [Archaeological excavation]
n.d.
Photograph
 
The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Photo Number(s): 057002, Negative Number(s): 037071
 
LL/103688

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LL/104180
Unidentified photographer
Guy Fawkes Lantern
n.d.
Albumen print
 
Richard T. Rosenthal
 
LL/104180

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LL/76979
Antione Sevruguin
Exterior of a Sultans palace in Tehran
1880-1895 (ca)
Photograph
18.9 x 23.7 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
Object number: RP-F-F01048-AL
 
LL/76979

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LL/76980
Antione Sevruguin
Sitting in the small pavilion of the Fin Gardens at Kashan
1880-1895 (ca)
Photograph
16.1 x 22 cm
 
Rijksmuseum
Object number: RP-F-F01048-AG
 
LL/76980

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LL/100729
Unidentified photographer
Palace in Kashan [Iranians. Iran (Persia), Isfahan province, the city of Kasha]
1910-1920 (ca)
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE No. 1845-126
 
LL/100729 [Further details available]

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LL/60617
Antonio Giannuzzi
Goher Shah Mosque, Mashhad, Iran
1858-1859
Albumenized salt print, from waxed paper negative
7-1/2 x 9-1/2 ins (19.1 x 24.2 cm)
 
Contemporary Works / Vintage Works
 
LL/60617 [Further details available]

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LL/52834
Luigi Pesce
Tehran, Entrance to Golestan Palace
[Album fotografico della Persia (The Rawlinson Album)]
1850s
Albumen print
7 1/2 x 9 5/16 ins
 
Getty Research Institute
2012.R.18, no. 2
 
LL/52834

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LL/119210
René Davy de Chavigné de Balloy
[Tehran under the snow, Persia]
1881-1897
Photograph
 
Bonhams - London
29 March 2022, Islamic and Indian Art, Lot: 128
 
LL/119210 [Further details available]

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LL/120080
Unidentified photographer
[An unidentified building]
n.d.
Albumen print
 
Sotheby's - London
Travel Photographs, Maps and Natural History, 24 May 2022, Lot: 70
 
LL/120080

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LL/120081
Unidentified photographer
[Unidentified buildings]
n.d.
Albumen print
 
Sotheby's - London
Travel Photographs, Maps and Natural History, 24 May 2022, Lot: 70
 
LL/120081

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LL/119211
René Davy de Chavigné de Balloy
[Tehran under the snow, Persia]
1881-1897
Photograph
 
Bonhams - London
29 March 2022, Islamic and Indian Art, Lot: 128
 
LL/119211 [Further details available]

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LL/75893
Unidentified photographer
Shah and empress Pahlavi with children Reza and Farahnaz, Tehran, Iran (Coronation Day)
1967
Gelatin silver print
 
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
 
LL/75893

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LL/7659
Antione Sevruguin
[Portrait of a veiled woman]
n.d.
 
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Myron Bement Smith Collection
 
LL/7659

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LL/113603
Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948)
Isfahan (Iran): Askar al-Zulama Mausoleum: View of a Doorway in Wall with Intricate Ornamentation and Arabic Inscriptions
n.d.
Black & white glass negative
 
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Local numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.2593, Ernst Herzfeld Papers. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946, Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.2593
 
LL/113603 [Further details available]

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LL/113604
Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948)
Isfahan (Iran): Chihil Sutun: Interior View of Muqarnas
n.d.
Black & white glass negative
 
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Local numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.2605, Ernst Herzfeld Papers. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946, Identifier: FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.2605
 
LL/113604 [Further details available]

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LL/113622
Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948)
Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran): Ka'ba i Zardusht Tower: View before Excavation
1905-1924
Black & white glass negative
 
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Local numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.224, Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946, Identifier: FSA A.6 04.GN.224
 
LL/113622 [Further details available]

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LL/113623
Ernst Herzfeld (1879-1948)
Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran): Ka'ba i Zardusht Tower: View before Excavation
1925-1929
Black & white glass negative
 
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Local numbers: FSA A.6 04.GN.2064, Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946, Identifier: FSA A.6 04.GN.2064
 
LL/113623 [Further details available]

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LL/84203
Unidentified photographer
[Oil wells in Persia]
1870s
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/84203

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LL/84204
Unidentified photographer
[Oil wells in Persia]
1870s
Albumen print
 
Private collection of Wilfried Vandevelde
 
LL/84204

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LL/94069
Erich F. Schmidt
Band-I-Amir, The Head of an old irrigation system in the Marv Dasht
1935, 27 September (taken) 1940 (published)
Aerial photograph
 
University of Chicago Press
 
LL/94069 [Further details available]

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LL/94070
Erich F. Schmidt
Girdkuh, A Fortress of the Assassins
1935, 22 September (taken) 1940 (published)
Aerial photograph
 
University of Chicago Press
 
LL/94070 [Further details available]

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LL/94071
Erich F. Schmidt
The Ruins of Takht-I-Sulaiman ("Throne of Solomon")
1937, 27 July (taken) 1940 (published)
Aerial photograph
 
University of Chicago Press
 
LL/94071 [Further details available]

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LL/94072
Erich F. Schmidt
The Mountain Basin North of Taq-I-Bustan near Kirmanshah: The village of Pirandaz and ascent to Tang-I-Lulan
1937, 11 November (taken) 1940 (published)
Aerial photograph
 
University of Chicago Press
 
LL/94072 [Further details available]

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LL/103709
Unidentified photographer
Tabriz, Iran. Vertical view of the Blue Mosque
1937, 22 July
Photograph
 
The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Field Negative Number: AE-614
 
LL/103709 [Further details available]

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LL/103710
Unidentified photographer
Savah, Iran. The Old Mosque of Savah surrounded by pot-hunters' holes. Viewed from an altitude of 610 meters.
1936, 9 May
Photograph
 
The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
Field Negative Number: AE-312
 
LL/103710 [Further details available]

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LL/43254
Shadi Ghadirian
Qatar 24
2011, March (e-card)
E-card
 
Women in Photography - WIPNYC
 
LL/43254

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
1840-1860 - Luigi Pesce: Archaeological sites of Persia (1850s)
Aerial - Aerial photography
Aerial photography - Aerial photography
Aerial photography - Erich F. Schmidt: Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran (taken 1935-1937, published 1940)
Albumen prints - Albumen prints: Objects
Albums - Frances Carlhian: Album page showing the Shah of Persia - Nasir al-Din Shah
Archaeology - Archaeological excavations in progress
Archaeology - Erich F. Schmidt: Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran (taken 1935-1937, published 1940)
Archaeology - Introduction to archaeological photography
Archaeology - Luigi Pesce: Archaeological sites of Persia (1850s)
Art - Photographs that are stylistically similar to paintings
Collage - Frances Carlhian: Album page showing the Shah of Persia - Nasir al-Din Shah
Concealment with masks and veils - Fashion: Accessories: Niqabs and veils
Education - Introduction to education
Expeditions and exploration - Luigi Montabone: Ricordi del viaggio in Persia della missione italiana (1862)
Gelatin silver prints - Gelatin silver prints: Portrait
Gender - Shadi Ghadirian: Women
Group portraits - Group portraits
Guns - Firearms and the military
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Antione Sevruguin: Portraits
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Erich F. Schmidt: Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran (taken 1935-1937, published 1940)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Frances Carlhian: Album page showing the Shah of Persia - Nasir al-Din Shah
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Introduction to photography in Iran
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iran: Archaeological sites
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Luigi Montabone: Ricordi del viaggio in Persia della missione italiana (1862)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Luigi Pesce: Persia (1850s)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Nasir al-Din Shah
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Persepolis
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Persians
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - René Davy de Chavigné de Balloy: Persia (1881-1897)
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Shadi Ghadirian: Women
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Sultanieh - Soltaniyeh
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Tebriz - Tabriz
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Teheran - Tehran
Islam - Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture - Islamic architecture
Maps - Erich F. Schmidt: Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran (taken 1935-1937, published 1940)
Military - Introduction to military portraits
Military - Persian soldiers
Mining and extraction - Introduction to oil and gas extraction
Mining and extraction - Photography and mining
Peoples of the world - People of the world
Peoples of the world - Persians
Religious architecture - Islamic architecture
Royalty - Introduction to the portraiture of royalty
Royalty - Royal family of Persia
Women photographers - Shadi Ghadirian: Women

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