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Ilia Chavchavadze on a Street in Tiflis – Photograph by Sergei Margulov

Portrait of Ilia Chavchavadze standing on a street in Tiflis in front of a building entrance, photographed by Sergei Margulov.

Ilia Chavchavadze on a street in Tiflis. Photograph by Sergei Margulov.

This photograph depicts Ilia Chavchavadze, one of the most prominent Georgian writers, public figures, and national leaders of the nineteenth century. He is shown standing on a street in Tiflis (modern Tbilisi) in front of a building entrance.

According to the historical caption, the photograph was taken by Sergei Margulov, a member of the Tiflis Society of Amateur Photographers. The image is an example of early documentary-style urban portrait photography from late nineteenth-century Tiflis.

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Date
1895
Photographer
Sergei Margulov
Source
Georgian Museum of Photography
Attribution
The Tiflis Society of Amateur Photographers
Rights
Public domain - Free to use
Sergei MargulovTbilisiPortraits (Everyday & Anonymus)Nobility & AristocracyIntellectual, Cultural & Scientific FiguresPoliticians & Statesmen