Antoin Sevruguin
Barber dyeing the mustache of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Late 19th Century
Albumen print
170 mm x 126mm
An albumen print laid on card. The faded handwriiten negative number '352' appears in white in the same location as the glass negative held in the collection of the Smithsonian...
An albumen print laid on card. The faded handwriiten negative number "352" appears in white in the same location as the glass negative held in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. The scene has also been described as a dentist rather than barber attending to Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar.
Publications
The glass negsative of this image is in the Myron Bement Smith Collection, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.,Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. The glass negative has a location number of FSA A.4 2.12.GN.47.11. The image is titled: "Barber Dyeing Nasir Al-Din Shah's Mustache."