Georgia Asia Collection

Tea plantations, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tea plantations, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. In album: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Russian Empire, LOT 10336, no. 114

New inn, Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
New inn, Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. A hotel with chauffeur-driven automobile parked in front, in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia

Evgenievsky spring, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Evgenievsky spring, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Group of people standing near natural spring at a health resort (in Borjomi, Georgia); some are drinking the water

Tea factory in Chakva; Chinese foreman Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau, between 1905 and 1915. Foreman poses with established tea plants and new plantings at a tea farm and processing plant in Chakva

Full-length portrait of Georgian woman, facing slightly right, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Full-length portrait of Georgian woman, facing slightly right, between 1870 and 1886. Inscribed on verso: Georgian woman

Half-length portrait of Georgian muezzin, facing front, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Half-length portrait of Georgian muezzin, facing front, between 1870 and 1886. Inscribed on verso: Muezzin for Tiflis minaret

George Kennan wearing Georgian cossak uniform, half-length portrait... between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
George Kennan wearing Georgian cossack uniform, half-length portrait, facing left, between 1870 and 1886

Mingrelian. Guriits, 1862. Creator: Frants Taikhel
Mingrelian. Guriits, 1862. Sheet 27 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Georgian. Imeretin, 1862. Creator: Frants Taikhel
Georgian. Imeretin, 1862. Sheet 26 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1

Georgians, 1862. Creator: Karlis Huns
Georgians, 1862. Sheet 25 from the album "Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie", volume 1. Description ethnographique des peuples de la Russie

Corner of the Likanskii palace, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Corner of the Likanskii palace, between 1905 and 1915. The Likany foothills of the Caucasus Mountains provide a dramatic backdrop for a palace built on the Kura River

Gagra wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Gagra wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Resort on the Black Sea coast in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Sea coast at Gagra (toward Adler), between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Sea coast at Gagra (toward Adler), between 1905 and 1915. The Black Sea coast in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Tea plantations, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tea plantations, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Tea bushes at Chakva, a small town just north of Batumi. The semi-tropical climate of the Black Sea coast in modern-day Georgia was ideal for growing

Tea factory in Chakva; tubs and baskets with fragrant tea, between 1905 and 1915. Tea processing in Chakva, a small town just north of Batumi

Timotis-Ubanskii Monastery, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Timotis-Ubanskii Monastery, between 1905 and 1915. Timotesubani is a medieval Georgian Orthodox Christian monastic complex in the Borjomi Gorge, Georgia

Entrance in Dabskii Monastery, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Entrance in Dabskii Monastery, between 1905 and 1915. St George's Church in the village of Daba, Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

General view of Dabskii Monastery, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
General view of Dabskii Monastery, between 1905 and 1915. St George's Church in the village of Daba, Georgia. The church stands in thick forest in the Borjomi Gorge

Mullah with his female students near the Artomelinskaia mosque in Artvin, between 1905 and 1915. Girls with their teacher [in Kutaisi Governorate?]

Stone gate and Uzvarian fortress, Uznariani Castle in Tsagvery village, between 1905 and 1915
Stone gate and Uzvarian fortress, Uznariani Castle in Tsagvery village (Tsagveri, Georgia), between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Bamboo workshop, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Bamboo workshop, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Factory building in Georgia - note monument featuring tall lengths of bamboo

Church in Koldakhvary, eight versts from Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Church in Koldakhvary, eight versts from Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Timber buildings with mountains beyond, in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia

Sunset in Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Sunset in Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Evening on the Black Sea in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Georgian women in holiday attire in the park of Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915
Georgian women in holiday attire in the park of Borzhom (Borjomi, Georgia), between 1905 and 1915. Women in traditional costume - veiled headdresses over twisted hairstyles

Mullahs in mosque, Aziziia [sic], Batum, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Mullahs in mosque, Azizia, Batum, between 1905 and 1915. In the middle of the 19th century, the Turkish Sultan Abdullah Azizie built the Aziz (or Aziziye)

Koldakhvary: shed for drying corn, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Koldakhvary: shed for drying corn, [Georgia?], between 1905 and 1915. Note wicker construction. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Gagra: from the wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Gagra: from the wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Boathouse and mast by the shore of the Black Sea. The town of Gagra is situated at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains

Georgian woman, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Georgian woman, between 1905 and 1915. Woman in traditional costume standing on a carpet, outside, near a tree. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau's house, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau's house, Chakva, between 1905 and 1915. Home of Chinese foreman Lau-Dzhen-Dzhau at a tea farm and processing plant in Chakva, a small town just north of Batumi

General view of the Likanskii Palace from the Kura River, between 1905 and 1915. The Likany foothills of the Caucasus Mountains provide a dramatic backdrop for a palace built on the Kura River

Temporary inn, Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Temporary inn, Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Black Sea holiday resort for the rich in what is now Abkhazia/Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Tsagvery; First Mineral Gorge in the background, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tsagvery (Tsagveri, Georgia); First Mineral Gorge in the background, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Glass factory in Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Glass factory in Borzhom (Borjomi, Georgia), between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Weighing section [Chakva tea factory], between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Weighing section [Chakva tea factory], between 1905 and 1915. The interior of a tea packaging and weighing operation located at the Chakva tea farm and processing plant just north of Batumi

On the Skuritskhali River: Study, Orto-Batum village, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky in suit and hat, seated on a rock beside a river

Ekaterininsky spring, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Ekaterininsky spring, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Elegantly dressed visitors posing for a photograph near the Ekaterinin, or Catherine's, Spring at a spa in Borzhom (or Borjomi)

Tsagvery spring, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tsagvery (Tsagveri) spring, between 1905 and 1915. People at a mineral spring in Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Packaging department, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Packaging department, Borzhom (Borjomi, Georgia), between 1905 and 1915. Men working in a packing section of a mineral water warehouse (?). The man in the foreground is hammering nails into a crate

Gagra: view of Prince Oldenburg's palace from the wharf, between 1905 and 1915. Palace and a hotel built by Duke Peter of Oldenburg during Gagra's heyday as a Black Sea holiday resort for

Stone gate and Uzvarian fortress, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Stone gate and Uzvarian [sic] fortress, between 1905 and 1915. Uznariani Fortress in Borjomi, Georgia. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Distributing of water, Borzhom, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Distributing of water, Borzhom (Borjomi, Georgia), between 1905 and 1915. Men pushing carts laden with bottles while others stand and watch; to the side are bundles of bottles packed in plant fibre

Koldakhvary: shed for drying corn, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Koldakhvary [in Abkhazia/Georgia]: shed for drying corn, between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Entrance into the Timotis-Ubanskii Monastery... between 1905-1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Entrance into the Timotis-Ubanskii Monastery, porch of the Church of the Assumption, 12th-13th centuries, between 1905 and 1915

Peasant apiary near Gagra, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Peasant apiary near Gagra, [Abkhazia/Georgia], between 1905 and 1915. Russian chemist and photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863-1944)

Man standing next to cotton plants, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Man standing next to cotton plants at the Sukhumi Botanical Gardens, between 1905 and 1915. The moderate, Mediterranean-like climate of the Black Sea region allowed cultivation of crops that would

Mugan Steppe: Georgian woman in a folk costume, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Mugan Steppe: Georgian woman in a folk costume, between 1905 and 1915. Georgian woman seated in the shade of a tree in the Mugan Steppe, Azerbaijan

Full-length portrait of Georgian woman, facing right, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Full-length portrait of Georgian woman, facing right, between 1870 and 1886

Full-length portrait of unidentified man in Georgian(?) dress, facing front, between 1870 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Full-length portrait of unidentified man in Georgian(?) dress, facing front, between 1870 and 1886

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping