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Damascus (Syria): Area of Salihiya: Street View

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
FSA A.6 04.GN.2824
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Names
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Collection Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
Place
Asia
Syria
Damascus (Syria)
Syria -- Damascus -- Damascus
Topic
Art of the Islamic World
Archaeology
Architecture
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
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Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files
Extent
1 Glass negative (b&w, 18 cm. x 13 cm.)
Date
1908-1914
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Identifier
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.GN.2824
Type
Archival materials
Glass negatives
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
Glass Negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850, are housed in document boxes, and stored on shelves."
Collection Rights
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Existence and Location of Copies
Photo File 16, vol. 1, image No. 169
Bibliography
Herzfeld, Ernst: "Ars Islamica, vol. XI/XII (1946), pp. 1-71. Damascus: Studies in Architecture, III. 'The Ayyubid Madrasa. The Turba.' Published by: Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan. Fig.134."
Genre/Form
Glass negatives
Scope and Contents
- Handwritten notes accompanying related print in photo file 16, vol. 2 reads, "Ṣāliḥīyya, street view. Van Berchem n/m."
- Additional information from Finding Aid reads, "Subseries 4.16: Photo File 16 (2 vols.), "Syrian Architecture," Subseries 4.16.2: vol. 2; Image No. 169 (Negative Number: 2824). Damascus. Salihiya, Street scene. SA-III, fig.134."
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1585219957152-1585219966797-2
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc31c158e44-558d-4d8c-8b9c-7a8a8b8cf664

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