John Drinkwater
Joseph Hackin and Ernst Kühnel , 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 congress attendees, namely Joseph Hackin, a French archeologist and Ernst Kühnel, a German historian.