Antoin Sevruguin
A silver door to the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, Late 19th Century
Albumen print
155 mm x 230 mm
The number 899 in white appears on recto. The photograph is titled on verso in what may be the hand of Antoin Sevruguin.
The number 899 in white appears on recto. The photograph is titled on verso in what may be the hand of Antoin Sevruguin.
Publications
This image is reproduced in 'The Glory of the Shia World' by Major Percy M. Sykes which was published in 1910 by Macmillan and Co Limited in London. The photograph was not attributed to a particular photographer.
The image is reproduced on page 208 of "Persien in wort und bild" by Friedrich Rosen, Franz Schneider Verlag, Berin in 1926 and is titled "Door made of wrought silver in the sanctuary of Mashhad".