John Drinkwater
Arthur Emanuel Christensen and Henri Massé, 1934
Gelatin silver print
56 mm x 82 mm
A print from an album of photographs taken by the renowned English poet and dramatist, John Drinkwater, whilst attending a congress of distinguished scholars gathered to celebrate Ferdowsī’s millenary and...
A print from an album of photographs taken by the renowned English poet and dramatist, John Drinkwater, whilst attending a congress of distinguished scholars gathered to celebrate Ferdowsī’s millenary and the inauguration of his mausoleum in Ṭūs. The celebrations also took place in Tehran and Mašhad.
This photograph is of two attendees, namely Arthur Emanuel Christensen, a Danish orientalist and scholar and Henri Massé, a French orientalist and Professor.