Ernst Herzfeld
Gate of All Lands and Basin in the Forefront, Persepolis, 1923-28
Gelatin silver print
142 mm x 92 mm
Between 26 November to 23 December 1923, and 2 March to 15 March 1924, Herzfeld spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, where he drafted a plan of the...
Between 26 November to 23 December 1923, and 2 March to 15 March 1924, Herzfeld spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, where he drafted a plan of the structure and provided a photographic record of the site. This gelatin silver print forms part of this photographic record. The description "water tank" is written in pencil below the photograph in the album.
Literature
A glass negative of this image is located in the Ernst Herzfeld papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The glass negative location number is FSA A.6 04.GN.2299.