Collection of Carte de visite with portraits of people from Georgia and the Caucasus. Six photographs are anonymous, five of them are framed in red... Show moreCollection of Carte de visite with portraits of people from Georgia and the Caucasus. Six photographs are anonymous, five of them are framed in red and titled "Visites". One photograph by the Georgian-Armenian pioneer photographer Vladimir Barkanov, with his studio stamp on the back of the print. One picture from the Studio Orlay de Karwa with its stamp on the verso of the print. Four photographs by Dimitri Ermakov with embossed seal and inventory numbers (80, 207, 168, and 25). Most of the photographs are studio portraits of Georgian men and women in traditional dresses, such as Gurian and Imeretians. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Some prints are numbered, signed and stamped. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0039 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23128239 BIB-ID: 2451002 Show less
The album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art... Show moreThe album collects photographs by the major photographers active in the Middle East at the end of the XIX century. Images include: statues and art crafts from the Museum of Gizah; Egyptian antiquities (pyramids, temples, hieroglyphics); Islamic architectures in Cairo (tombs, the Citadel, mosques and mashrabiyas); views of the streets of Cairo (hotels and bazaars); staged portraits of local people (artisans, women, peasants and musicians); the Nile river with traditional boats and ports. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Album with vellum-bound, in golden letter and ornaments. The album consists of 24 pages. Prints are pasted on both sides. On the paste-down there is a scratched ex libris "Metropolitan Museum of Art. [illegible] of the Costume Institute. [illegible] Art Worker's Club". Manuscript note "Sold and discarted in 1960s). Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0053-0096 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26485229 BIB-ID: 2830659 Show less