Views of Persian and Indian architecture, monuments, gardens, and manuscripts
Content Description
Views of Persian and Indian architecture, monuments, gardens, and manuscripts. The glass negatives include images of the Taj Mahal and Sikandar Bagh ("Gate of Sikandarah") in Agra, India. Most of the lantern slides were produced by commercial studios, and many are reproductions of slides in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Slides produced by Edward van Altena and the Lynvers Company are highly represented. The authorship of the glass negatives is unknown, though they were originally stored in a box labeled with the name "Lynvers Co."
Dates
- Creation: between 1900 and 1930
Creator
- Van Altena, Edward, 1873-1968 (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in Arabic.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet (1 box containing 42 b&w lantern slides sized 3.25 x 4 in., and 9 b&w glass negatives sized 4 x 5 in.)Alma ID
990127226870203941
Genre / Form
Geographic
- India -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs.
- Iran -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Photographs.
Topical
- Architecture, Mogul Empire -- India -- Photographs.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- India -- Photographs.
- Gardens, Mogul Empire -- India -- Photographs.
- Gardens, Persian -- Iran -- Photographs.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Photographs.
- Islamic architecture -- Iran -- Isfahan -- Photographs.
- Islamic architecture -- Iran -- Photographs.
- Islamic decoration and ornament -- Iran -- Photographs.
- Islamic gardens -- Iran -- Photographs.
- Miniature painting, Iranian -- Photographs.
- Taj Mahal (Agra, India) -- Photographs.
Creator
- Van Altena, Edward, 1873-1968 (Person)
- Lynvers Company (Organization)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (Organization)
Subject
- Title
- Views of Persian and Indian architecture, monuments, gardens, and manuscripts, between 1900 and 1930 (PH.GL.004): Finding Aid
- Author
- Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives; Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Harvard University.
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- dca00032
Repository Details
Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository
Dumbarton Oaks holds archival collections in its Rare Book Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, and the Dumbarton Oaks Archives. The collections include: the papers of noteworthy scholars in the three fields that Dumbarton Oaks supports (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape); image collections depicting objects or sites of topical interest to scholars in the three fields; Beatrix Farrand’s personal archive of letters and original drawings that document the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden; and institutional records and architectural plans and drawings documenting the history of Dumbarton Oaks. For more information about hours and to make an appointment to consult any of the collections listed here, please fill out the request form: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/schedule-an-appointment