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Ermakov devoted an important photographic series to document Tbilisi bath-masseurs and sulfur baths, a special attraction for all visitors to the city. Fifteen photographs are titled Тифлисские баньщики (Tbilisi bathhouses attendants) and two Тифлисский банщикъ въ костюме (Tbilisi bathhouses attendants in a suit)., Title and date devised by Library staff. Prints are numbered in the negative with embossed seal of the photographer. Inventory numbers in the collection are 2492-2498, 2500-2504, 2506-2510. Proper titles from Ermakov's 1896 edition of his "Каталогъ фотографических видов и типов Кавказа, Персии, Европейской и Азиатской Турции" [Photographic Catalogue of Views and Types of the Caucasus, Persia, and European and Asiatic Turkey] (Tbilisi, Steam Printing House of the Headquarters of the Caucasian Army, 1896-1901)., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2016.0038, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i23128203, BIB-ID: 2450999, Masters of 19th Century Photography. Dmitri Ermakov. Photographer and Collector. Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi, 2014. |