John Drinkwater
Lt.Colonel Everard Huddleston Gastrell, Adeline Delicia Gastrell and a senior religious figure in Ṭūs, 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.
The photograph has two subjects, namely Lt.Colonel Everard Huddleston Gastrell, the Consul-General in Mašhad and his wife.