Ernst Herzfeld
Panoramic View of Terrace Complex, Persepolis, 1923-28
Gelatin silver print
138 mm x 118 mm
Between 26 November to 23 December 1923, and 2 March to 15 March 1924, Herzfeld spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, where he drafted a plan of the...
Between 26 November to 23 December 1923, and 2 March to 15 March 1924, Herzfeld spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, where he drafted a plan of the structure and provided a photographic record of the site. This gelatin silver print forms part of this photographic record. This photograph forms part of a two-image panaromic view of the terrace complex.
Literature
A glass negative of this image is located in the Ernst Herzfeld papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The glass negative location number is FSA A.6 04.GN.1577.