Live Auction 7598Russian Art
Dmitri Ermakov (b. 1840s)
Lot 10

Dmitri Ermakov (b. 1840s)

Two albums comprising a collection of 188 photographs depicting the Caucasus region, including views of: Voenno Gruzinskaia Doroga, Mounts Kazbek and El'brus, the rivers Aragva, Kura and Terek, Voenno Osetinskaia Doroga, Svanetiia, Baku and Kutais

Closed11 June 2008

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Dmitri Ermakov (b. 1840s)
Two albums comprising a collection of 188 photographs depicting the Caucasus region, including views of: Voenno Gruzinskaia Doroga, Mounts Kazbek and El'brus, the rivers Aragva, Kura and Terek, Voenno Osetinskaia Doroga, Svanetiia, Baku and Kutais
188 albumen prints, circa 1845-1900, all with Russian captions
each album 10 7/8 x 15 1/8 in. (27.8 x 38.8 cm.) (2)

Specialist note

D. I. Ermakov was a well-known photographer in pre-revolutionary Tiflis (now Tbilisi). His collection numbered between 40 and 50 thousand negatives depicting the Caucasus region and comprised his own work, as well as that of his contemporaries including A. Roinashvili (1846-1898).
Ermakov's photographic legacy can be found in the Museum for History and Ethnography, Tiflis, and is testament to his interest not only in landscape and cultural monuments but also urban motifs and rituals.