Antoin Sevruguin
Haji Mohammad Taqi Bonakdar, preparing food for strangers at the British embassy, Early 20th Century
Albumen print
220 mm x 170 mm
Antoin Sevruguin's studio stamp on verso.
Antoin Sevruguin's studio stamp on verso.
Literature
Feeding protesters who sought sanctuary in the British legation in Tehran in July 1906. Haji Mohammad Taqi Bonakdar (standing at left center), who offered his services, was a textile wholesaler in the Tehran bazaar.
Publications
"Constitutional Revolution in Pictures" by Hassan Tabatabai, 2011
The image is reproduced on page 309 of Volume IV of “Du Khorassan au pays des Backhtiaris: trois mois de voyage en Perse” by Henry-Rene D’Allemagne published in 1911 by Hachette, Paris, France. The image is titled "Revolution Persane: La preparation du dejeuner dans les dependances de la Legation d'Angleterre".