Sher-Dor Madrasah seen from the road lined with market stalls, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, 1891

Item Overview

Title

Sher-Dor Madrasah seen from the road lined with market stalls, Samarqand, Uzbekistan, 1891

Photographer

Sachtleben, William Lewis

Date Created

November 14, 1891

Collection

Sachtleben (William Lewis) Papers. Collection 1841

Notes

Description

Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr.
View from a road towards market stalls and the Sher-Dor Madrasah (in Registan Square). A cart with very large wheels is in the road.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: No. 39. Nov. 14, 1891. A scene in old Samarcand. Taken from the road leading out toward Tashkent. A Ruined Medresseh where the great stone lectern was formerly kept. The booths of the open-air bazaar in front.
Handwritten on negative: 5201 / 26

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Subjects

Madrasahs -- Uzbekistan -- Samarqand
Bicycle touring -- Asia
Streets -- Uzbekistan -- Samarqand
Markets -- Uzbekistan -- Samarqand
Carts & wagons--Russian -- Uzbekistan -- Samarqand

Names

Sher-Dor Madrasah (Samarqand, Uzbekistan)

Location

Uzbekistan--Samarqand

Longitude

39.654267

Latitude

66.975456

Resource type

still image