Skip to main content

Search

My Visit
Donate
Home Smithsonian Institution

Site Navigation

  • Visit
    • Museums and Zoo
    • Entry and Guidelines
    • Maps and Brochures
    • Dine and Shop
    • Accessibility
    • Visiting with Kids
    • Group Visits
      • Group Sales
  • What's On
    • Exhibitions
      • Current
      • Upcoming
      • Past
    • Online Events
    • All Events
    • IMAX & Planetarium
  • Explore
    • - Art & Design
    • - History & Culture
    • - Science & Nature
    • Collections
      • Open Access
    • Research Resources
      • Libraries
      • Archives
        • Smithsonian Institution Archives
        • Air and Space Museum
        • Anacostia Community Museum
        • American Art Museum
        • Archives of American Art
        • Archives of American Gardens
        • American History Museum
        • American Indian Museum
        • Asian Art Museum Archives
        • Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art
        • Hirshhorn Archive
        • National Anthropological Archives
        • National Portrait Gallery
        • Ralph Rinzler Archives, Folklife
        • Libraries' Special Collections
    • Podcasts
    • Stories
  • Learn
    • For Caregivers
    • For Educators
      • Art & Design Resources
      • Science & Nature Resources
      • Social Studies & Civics Resources
      • Professional Development
      • Events for Educators
      • Field Trips
    • For Students
    • For Academics
    • For Lifelong Learners
  • Support Us
    • Become a Member
    • Renew Membership
    • Make a Gift
    • Volunteer
      • Smithsonian Call Center
      • Ambassador Program
      • Museum Information Desk
      • Docent Programs
      • Behind-the-Scenes
      • Digital Volunteers
      • Participatory Science
  • About
    • Our Organization
      • Board of Regents
        • Members
        • Committees
        • Reading Room
        • Bylaws, Policies and Procedures
        • Schedules and Agendas
        • Meeting Minutes
        • Actions
        • Webcasts
        • Contact
      • Museums and Zoo
      • Research Centers
      • Cultural Centers
      • Education Centers
      • General Counsel
        • Legal History
        • Internships
        • Records Requests
          • Reading Room
        • Tort Claim
        • Subpoenas & Testimonies
        • Events
      • Office of Human Resources
        • Employee Benefits
        • How to Apply
        • Job Opportunities
        • Job Seekers with Disabilities
        • Frequently Asked Questions
        • SI Civil Program
        • Contact Us
      • EEO & Small Business
        • EEO Complaint Process
        • Individuals with Disabilities
        • Small Business Program
          • Doing Business with Us
          • Contracting Opportunities
          • Additional Resources
        • Special Emphasis Program
      • Sponsored Projects
        • Policies
          • Combating Trafficking in Persons
          • Animal Care and Use
          • Human Research
        • Reports
        • Internships
    • Our Leadership
    • Reports and Plans
      • Annual Reports
      • Metrics Dashboard
        • Dashboard Home
        • Virtual Smithsonian
        • Public Engagement
        • National Collections
        • Research
        • People & Operations
      • Strategic Plan
    • Newsdesk
      • News Releases
      • Media Contacts
      • Photos and Video
      • Media Kits
      • Fact Sheets
      • Visitor Stats
      • Secretary and Admin Bios
      • Filming Requests

Photo File 29: Album: "Kūh-i Khwāja and Shahristan" with pencilled and colored blueprints of paintings.

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Photo File 29 FSA A.6 04.PF.29
General
- Title is provided by Xavier Courouble, FSg Archives cataloger, based on Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive.
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Place
Asia
Iran
Topic
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Antiquities
Architecture
Description and Travel
Excavations (Archaeology)
Mural painting and decoration
Natural landscapes
Panoramas
Pottery
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
See more items in
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files
Extent
94 Photographic prints (Volume one: 2 folders, b&w, 29.2 cm. x 22.8 cm.)
32 Blueprints (17 cm. x 12 cm.)
Date
1925-1929
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Identifier
FSA.A.06, Subseries 4.29
Type
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Blueprints
Collection Citation
Ernst Herzfeld Papers. FSA.A.06. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946.
Arrangement
- In early 1970s, Joseph Upton reorganized the whole Herzfeld collection of photographic prints into 42 photographic files, assembling 10 additional files, including Photo File 29, in excess of the 24 existing files arranged by Herzfeld himself. The eight remaining files, File 35 to File 42, are made of duplicate prints provided by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Collection Rights
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Genre/Form
Photographic prints
Blueprints
Scope and Contents
The abbreviations used in captions of published photos are: AHI--Archaeological History of Iran, Herzfeld IAE--Iran in the Ancient East, Herzfeld This File should be studied in conjunction with Photo Files 7 and 17.
Nos.93-- 126 are blueprints of sections of the painted gallery, most of them outlined in pencil or water-color. The cross-references are to the black and white prints in Photo File 17.
- "Photo File 29", which was assembled by Joseph Upton, provides 94 photographic prints and 32 cyanotypes (some hand-colored) which relate primarly to a visit and a campaign of excavation at Kuh-e Khwaja (Iran), carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in February 1925 as well as in February/March 1929.
- "Photo File 29" is composed of 94 photographic prints and 32 cyanotypes, several made from the following glass plates or color lantern slides, "FSA a.6 04.GN.2052; FSA a.6 04.GN.2054; FSA a.6 04.GN.3983; FSA a.6 04.GN.2057; FSA a.6 04.GN.3976; FSA a.6 04.GN.2065; FSA a.6 04.GN.4000; FSA a.6 04.GN.2061; FSA a.6 04.GN.2063; FSA a.6 04.GN.2060; FSA a.6 04.GN.2066; FSA a.6 04.GN.2069; FSA a.6 04.GN.2070; FSA a.6 04.GN.2074; FSA a.6 04.GN.3987; FSA a.6 04.GN.3984; FSA a.6 04.GN.3993; FSA a.6 04.GN.3989; FSA a.6 04.GN.3974; FSA a.6 04.GN.3973; FSA a.6 04.GN.2076; FSA a.6 04.GN.2078; FSA a.6 04.GN.2080; FSA a.6 04.GN.2085; FSA a.6 04.GN.3969; FSA a.6 04.GN.2083; FSA a.6 04.GN.3992; FSA a.6 04.GN.2087; FSA a.6 04.GN.2088; FSA a.6 04.GN.2086; FSA a.6 04.GN.2084; FSA a.6 04.GN.0966; FSA a.6 04.GN.3971; FSA a.6 04.GN.2082; FSA a.6 04.GN.2089; FSA a.6 04.GN.0179; FSA a.6 04.GN.1172; FSA a.6 04.GN.4002; FSA a.6 04.GN.3972; FSA a.6 04.GN.3985; FSA a.6 04.GN.3978; FSA a.6 04.GN.3977; FSA a.6 04.GN.3970; FSA a.6 04.GN.3991; FSA a.6 04.GN.3975; FSA a.6 04.GN.4003; FSA a.6 04.GN.2092; FSA a.6 04.GN.2100; FSA a.6 04.GN.2097; FSA a.6 04.GN.2094; FSA a.6 04.GN.3979; FSA a.6 04.GN.2099; FSA a.6 04.GN.2096; FSA a.6 04.GN.3986; FSA a.6 04.GN.2062; FSA a.6 04.GN.2101; FSA a.6 04.GN.3996; FSA a.6 04.GN.3994; FSA a.6 04.GN.3997; FSA a.6 04.GN.3999; FSA a.6 04.GN.2106; FSA a.6 04.GN.2103; FSA a.6 04.GN.2105; FSA a.6 04.GN.2104; FSA a.6 04.GN.3982; FSA a.6 04.GN.3995; FSA a.6 04.GN.2045; FSA a.6 04.GN.2044; FSA a.6 04.GN.2043; FSA a.6 04.GN.2040; FSA a.6 04.GN.2041; FSA a.6 04.GN.2042; FSA a.6 04.GN.2049; FSA a.6 04.GN.2048; FSA a.6 04.GN.2047; FSA a.6 04.GN.2051; FSA a.6 04.GN.2050; FSA a.6 04.GN.1102; FSA a.6 04.GN.1115; FSA a.6 04.GN.0423; FSA a.6 04.GN.1106; FSA a.6 04.GN.1112; FSA a.6 04.GN.1114; FSA a.6 04.GN.1113; FSA a.6 04.GN.4015; FSA a.6 04.GN.4016; FSA a.6 04.LS.4036; FSA a.6 04.LS.4044; FSA a.6 04.LS.4047; FSA a.6 04.LS.4043; FSA a.6 04.LS.4042; FSA a.6 04.LS.4027; FSA a.6 04.LS.4032; FSA a.6 04.LS.4039; FSA a.6 04.LS.4035; FSA a.6 04.LS.4049; FSA a.6 04.LS.4028; FSA a.6 04.LS.4026; FSA a.6 04.LS.4025; FSA a.6 04.LS.4029; FSA a.6 04.LS.4034; FSA a.6 04.LS.4033; FSA a.6 04.LS.4030; FSA a.6 04.LS.4038; FSA a.6 04.LS.4048; FSA a.6 04.LS.4050; FSA a.6 04.LS.4031; FSA a.6 04.LS.4046; FSA a.6 04.LS.4022; FSA a.6 04.LS.4024; FSA a.6 04.LS.4045; FSA a.6 04.LS.4019; FSA a.6 04.LS.4021; FSA a.6 04.LS.4041; FSA a.6 04.LS.4023; FSA a.6 04.LS.4040; FSA a.6 04.LS.4037; FSA a.6 04.LS.4018; FSA a.6 04.LS.4017; FSA a.6 04.LS.4020."
Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files; Kuh-i Khwaja and Shahristan (Photo File 29)
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1562714161089-1562714162863-6
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3b5f6ca0b-1647-4099-b787-907698078a6a

Related Content

  • Ernst Herzfeld Papers

Footer logo

Link to homepage

Footer navigation

  • Contact Us
  • Job Opportunities
  • Get Involved
  • Inspector General
  • Records Requests
  • Accessibility
  • EEO & Small Business
  • Shop Online
  • Host Your Event
  • Press Room
  • Privacy
  • Terms of Use

Social media links

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn

Get the latest news from the Smithsonian

Sign up for Smithsonian e-news

Get the latest news from the Smithsonian

Email powered by BlackBaud (Privacy Policy, Terms of Use)
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Back to Top