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Ermakov, Dimitri Ivanovich
(1846-1916)Georgian Military Road

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Georgian Military Road. 1883. 30 albumen prints mounted to album pages (slightly soiled). Each between 10,7 x 13,8 cm and 13,2 x 21,7 cm (23,7 x 31,5 cm). Each with photographer's embossed signature stamp in lower right corner of print and titled in pencil below image on mount. Bound in full-canvas album (corners rubbed) with gilt-stamped title Grusinische Militärstrasse Wladikawkas-Tiflis, Reise 1883 and small map from 1875 on the inside cover.

This 1883 album documents the Georgian Military Road, a historic route through the Caucasus Mountains linking Vladikavkaz and Tbilisi. Photographed by Dmitri Ivanovich Ermakov, who began his career in 1868, the images capture dramatic landscapes, landmarks, and settlements along the route. Widely regarded as the foremost documentarian of Georgian life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Ermakov traveled extensively across the region. His legacy is preserved by the National Museum of Georgia, which houses a significant collection of his negatives. – Some small surface irregularities and light fading, otherwise in very good condition.