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Ernest Chantre (1843-1924) Scientific mission...

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Ernest Chantre (1843-1924) Scientific mission of Mr Ernest Chantre, Deputy Director of the Museum of Lyon, in upper Mesopotamia, Kurdistan and the Caucasus. March to September 1881. Turkey, Syria, Dagestan]. Cistern of Khan Sheikhoun. Birecik. Kurds. Kurdistan. Bayazid. Ploughmen. Diyarbakir. Mosque of Diyarbakir. Euphrates. Hamah. Sarcophagus at Seleucia. El Barrah. Aleppo. Orfa. Bitlis. Church of Medja Farkin. Hazu. Van. Armenian women. Excavations. Camp of Mousa-Hara, chief of the Eydéranly Kurds. Toushin women. Lesghines. Ishavian women. Dagestan. Tatar nobles. Chewsoures. Prince Orbeliani Natchalnik of Bottlick and his suite. Gounib. Kurdish zazas. Portfolio, laced folder with title, composed of 37 albumen prints mounted on cardboard and a printed map illustrating Ernest Chantre's itinerary and excavations. Handwritten captions on the mounts. Numbers in the negatives. Average size of the prints : 14 x 20 cm