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Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files; Sassanid Monuments (Photo File 8, vol. 2)

National Museum of Asian Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers; Photo File 8, Volume 2 FSA A.6 04.PF.08.v2
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
Iraq
Bīshāpūr (Extinct city)
Bisutun Site (Iran)
Fīrūzābād (Iran)
Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran)
Persepolis (Iran)
Taq-e Bostan Site (Iran)
Topic
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Animals in art
Antiquities
Archaeology
Architecture
Decoration and ornament
headgear
Inscriptions
Relief (Sculpture)
Royalty (Nobility)
Sassanids
Textile design
Creator
Herzfeld, Ernst, 1879-1948
See more items in
Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Ernst Herzfeld Papers / Series 4: Photographic Files / 4.8: Photo File 8: "Sasanian Monuments" / 4.8.1: Vol. 1 / Hamadan, stone lion. Another view of No.10
Extent
135 Photographic prints (Volume two: 3 folders, b&w, 29.2 cm. x 22.8 cm.)
Date
1904-1934
Archival Repository
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Identifier
FSA.A.06, Item FSA A.6 04.PF.08.v2
Type
Archival materials
Photographic prints
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
- Of most of his 3,890 glass negatives, Herzfeld had blueprints made which he arranged in 16 binders irrespective of the number on the negative. In addition to the 16 blueprint binders, he assembled 5 albums including two from the Samarra series labelled "Paläste und Moscheen-I and -II." The remainder of the photographs, from glass negatives and from cut films, sometimes identified by Herzfeld, were printed en masse for study purpose (labelled by Upton as duplicate prints) and which are, for the most part, unpublished. For his own research, Herzfeld also collected prints from many sources. Of those there are no negatives. Finally, in early 1970s, Joseph Upton reorganized the whole Herzfeld collection of photographic prints into 42 photographic files, assembling 10 additional files 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
Scope and Contents
- "Photo File 8, Volume 2", which was assembled by Joseph Upton, provides 135 photographic prints which relate to study of Sasanian monuments at Taq-i Bustan (Iran), Kaleh-i Kuhna (Iran), Bisutun Site (Iran), Isfahan (Iran), Nizamabad (Iran), and Kuh-e Khwaja (Iran).
- Additional information from Joseph Upton's Catalogue of the Herzfeld Archive reads, "The prints are from three sources: (1) those from glass negatives; (2) those from cut film; and (3) those for which there are no negatives. The Archive contains Herzfeld's glass negatives, numbered from 1 to 3850. Of most of these he had blueprints made which he had arranged in 16 binders by general categories, irrespective of the number on the negative. These formed the nucleus for the preparation of the Photo Files. The 16 binders of blueprints have been replaced by Photo Files, Nos. 1-16. The prints in each File are arranged in the same order as the blueprints; and the number of the negative is enclosed in parentheses. Following a brief identification, is a reference to the place where the print has been published, if that is the case and such publication has been located."
- "Photo File 8, Volume 2" is composed of 135 photographic prints, made from the following glass plates, "FSA a.6 04.GN.1826; FSA a.6 04.GN.0163; FSA a.6 04.GN.1825; FSA a.6 04.GN.2776; FSA a.6 04.GN.1823; FSA a.6 04.GN.1824; FSA a.6 04.GN.2782; FSA a.6 04.GN.0172; FSA a.6 04.GN.2814; FSA a.6 04.GN.2761; FSA a.6 04.GN.1827; FSA a.6 04.GN.1219; FSA a.6 04.GN.1828; FSA a.6 04.GN.1829; FSA a.6 04.GN.1830; FSA a.6 04.GN.1831; FSA a.6 04.GN.1832; FSA a.6 04.GN.1221; FSA a.6 04.GN.1150; FSA a.6 04.GN.1834; FSA a.6 04.GN.2783; FSA a.6 04.GN.1835; FSA a.6 04.GN.1220; FSA a.6 04.GN.1836; FSA a.6 04.GN.1833; FSA a.6 04.GN.1839; FSA a.6 04.GN.1838; FSA a.6 04.GN.2791; FSA a.6 04.GN.1837; FSA a.6 04.GN.1840; FSA a.6 04.GN.1841; FSA a.6 04.GN.1842; FSA a.6 04.GN.1843; FSA a.6 04.GN.1844; FSA a.6 04.GN.1845; FSA a.6 04.GN.1846; FSA a.6 04.GN.1847; FSA a.6 04.GN.1849; FSA a.6 04.GN.0165; FSA a.6 04.GN.2795; FSA a.6 04.GN.1848; FSA a.6 04.GN.1850; FSA a.6 04.GN.1851; FSA a.6 04.GN.1853; FSA a.6 04.GN.1857; FSA a.6 04.GN.2819; FSA a.6 04.GN.1855; FSA a.6 04.GN.2820; FSA a.6 04.GN.2821; FSA a.6 04.GN.1854; FSA a.6 04.GN.1856; FSA a.6 04.GN.1858; FSA a.6 04.GN.1859; FSA a.6 04.GN.1860; FSA a.6 04.GN.2822; FSA a.6 04.GN.2817; FSA a.6 04.GN.1862; FSA a.6 04.GN.1862a; FSA a.6 04.GN.1861; FSA a.6 04.GN.2823; FSA a.6 04.GN.1865; FSA a.6 04.GN.1866; FSA a.6 04.GN.1867; FSA a.6 04.GN.1217; FSA a.6 04.GN.1868; FSA a.6 04.GN.2858; FSA a.6 04.GN.1869; FSA a.6 04.GN.1875; FSA a.6 04.GN.1876; FSA a.6 04.GN.1876a; FSA a.6 04.GN.1877; FSA a.6 04.GN.2859; FSA a.6 04.GN.1879; FSA a.6 04.GN.1870; FSA a.6 04.GN.1874; FSA a.6 04.GN.1874a; FSA a.6 04.GN.2803; FSA a.6 04.GN.2802; FSA a.6 04.GN.2793; FSA a.6 04.GN.1872; FSA a.6 04.GN.1873; FSA a.6 04.GN.1864; FSA a.6 04.GN1863; FSA a.6 04.GN.1879; FSA a.6 04.GN.1218; FSA a.6 04.GN.2818; FSA a.6 04.GN.0162; FSA a.6 04.GN.1881; FSA a.6 04.GN.1880; FSA a.6 04.GN.1883; FSA a.6 04.GN.1878; FSA a.6 04.GN.1882; FSA a.6 04.GN.2794; FSA a.6 04.GN.1852; FSA a.6 04.GN.1887; FSA a.6 04.GN.1886; FSA a.6 04.GN.1889; FSA a.6 04.GN.1884; FSA a.6 04.GN.1388; FSA a.6 04.GN.1891; FSA a.6 04.GN.1890; FSA a.6 04.GN.1892; FSA a.6 04.GN.1893; FSA a.6 04.GN.1894; FSA a.6 04.GN.1895; FSA a.6 04.GN.1885; FSA a.6 04.GN.0929; FSA a.6 04.GN.1899; FSA a.6 04.GN.1900; FSA a.6 04.GN.1898; FSA a.6 04.GN.1896; FSA a.6 04.GN.1897; FSA a.6 04.GN.0166; FSA a.6 04.GN.1151; FSA a.6 04.GN.2147; FSA a.6 04.GN.2162; FSA a.6 04.GN.2163; FSA a.6 04.GN.2158; FSA a.6 04.GN.2160; FSA a.6 04.GN.2161; FSA a.6 04.GN.4509; FSA a.6 04.GN.2157; FSA a.6 04.GN.2159; FSA a.6 04.GN.2148; FSA a.6 04.GN.2150; FSA a.6 04.GN.2155a; FSA a.6 04.GN.2155; FSA a.6 04.GN.2154; FSA a.6 04.GN.2149; FSA a.6 04.GN.2153; FSA a.6 04.GN.2151; FSA a.6 04.GN.2152; FSA a.6 04.GN.4510; FSA a.6 04.GN.4511; FSA a.6 04.GN.4512."
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1585219957152-1585219958897-7
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3bffc0ea4-35dd-4f6a-9526-5c9c499aa742

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