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Language Not applicable Name Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 430/7

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Photo 430/7
Title:
Curzon Collection: Album of Armenian and Turkish views and portraits. 'George N. Curzon from H. F. B. Lynch, July 1895'. Photographer(s): Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Wooden box, 412x310mm, in mock-album form, with maroon full-leather covers. The dedication is stamped in gold on the front cover and the sides of the box are gilt. The photographs are individually window-mounted and stacked in the box. Each print has a handwritten inscription, either on the fron...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
27 items

2. Photo 430/7(1)

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Photo 430/7(1)
Title:
Ararat: the whole fabric of Ararat from Erivan. Erivan in the foreground. Little Ararat on the left; in the centre Great Ararat, its summit enveloped in cloud. The summit of Great Ararat is about 35 miles off from where we are standing. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View from an elevated position, looking across the wooded plateau, towards Mount Ararat in the distance. Annotations on the left of the print read: 'Elevations:- Erivan 3229 feet. Plain beyond (at foot of Ararat) 2700-2800 feet. Summit of Ararat c.17,000 ft.'. Publi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 430/7(2)

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Photo 430/7(2)
Title:
Erivan: the lake in the court of the great Shiah mosque of Guek Jame. Shiahs performing their ablutions. N.B. fancy entering a Shiah mosque in Persia and photographing the pious over their ablutions! Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking across the ablution tank in the mosque, with figures posed on the far side. A man in western dress, presumably one of Lynch's party, stands at the extreme left. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia. Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 430/7(3)

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Photo 430/7(3)
Title:
Erivan: the kiosque of the Sirdars. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the interior of a building looking towards a lattice-screen window with richly decorated walls including paintings of male figures. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia, Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1, fig. 46, captioned, 'Erivan: interior o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893-1894
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 430/7(4)

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Photo 430/7(4)
Title:
Etchmiadzin [Ejmiatsin]: old Armenian crosses built into the wall of the entrance portal of St Gaiane. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered in the negative, '115.' Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved stone niche in the Church of Saint Gaiane.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1893
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 430/7(5)

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Photo 430/7(5)
Title:
Etchmiadzin [Ejmiatsin]: Church of St Rhipsime. In many ways typical [of] an old Armenian church. To gain a clear idea of the form cut off the entrance portal which is an addition of the 18th century. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia. Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1, fig. 57, captioned, 'Edgmiatsin; exterior of St. Ripsime.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1893
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 430/7(6)

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Photo 430/7(6)
Title:
Etchmiadzin [Ejmiatsin]: the cathedral, said to have been built in 4th century. The dome by the Catholikors Comitas in 7th century. The entrance portal facing you and the cupola 17th century. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking across the court towards the Cathedral Church of Saint Gregory. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia. Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1, fig. 49, captioned, 'Edgmiatsin: the Great Court and the Cathedral.' Subjects = churches; Cu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1893
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 430/7(7)

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Photo 430/7(7)
Title:
Kars-Kagizman. A Russian Molokan peasant, Autumn 1893. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
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Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a bearded Russian peasant. Caption continues: 'N.B. The Russian government have made a small attempt at colonization by placing these sectaries, outlawed by the Russian church, as well as another sect, the Duch...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 430/7(8)

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Photo 430/7(8)
Title:
Kars: the citadel of Kars, Autumn 1893. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Numbered '172' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Citadel of Kars from below, with a single-storeyed verandahed building in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 430/7(9)

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Photo 430/7(9)
Title:
A Tatar of Russian Armenia, Autumn 1893. Photographer: Lynch, Henry Finnis Blosse
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Full-face head-and-shoulders portrait of a Tartar man, wearing a fur hat. Published: H. F. B. Lynch, 'Armenia. Travels and studies' (2 vols., 1901), vol. 1, fig. 67, captioned, 'Tartar of Akhja Kala.'
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1893
Extent:
1 item