Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait of Winifred Gertrude Cooper (later Wilson), in evening dress, standing in half-profile on the verandah of an unidentified building, presumably in Tehran.
P.S. 'Malamir' [sic], Ahwaz wharf, one of E.A.W.'s [Edgar Augustus Wilson's] paddle steamers. Photographer: Unknown
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Stern quarter view of a sternwheel paddle steamer moored at the Ahvaz wharf of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company. The vessel is incorrectly identified: the 'Malamir' was sidewheel paddle steamer (see prints 207-208).
Court entertainer, or courtier, or poet reciting a poem in praise of the Shah on No Ruz Day. His mouth would be stuffed with gold pieces as a reward [modern caption]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length portrait, in profile, of the declaiming man.
Golestan Palace. 1910. Shah's audience saloon. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
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Inscription: Signed 'Sevruguin' in cyrillic script in negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking along the audience hall, decorated with richly-painted walls and massive chandeliers. The photograph appears older than the given date of 1910.
Tehran Gate [and] Elburz Mountains [modern caption]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the city gate, with the snow-capped Elburz Mountains in the distance to the north. With horse-drawn trams in the foreground. Postcard.
E.A.W. [Edgar Augustus Wilson], W.G.W. [Winifred Gertrude Wilson]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing of three men and a woman, standing in front of the mud wall of an unidentified building. E. A. Wilson stands on the left, his wife Winifred on the right. The remaining two figures are unidentified.
Tehran, 1910. Golhek Gate. The Kingswood twins being taken out in 'Kajavis' on a donkey. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the highway towards the tiled gateway, with the Kingswood twins in the foreground being carried in panniers on a donkey, a servant standing beside them.