[Photo.53/(019)] What is left of the same ruins in the Achourian valley and the historic rock of the cathedral

Stereoscopic photographs of the remains of the same ruins in the Achourian valley and the historic rock of the cathedral. A tower built outside Ani on a small hill to the left. It is said that (the tower) formed the entrance to a tunnel which left the underground town and passed under the river Achourian. [Translated from the original French]. The view is also described as ‘The river and Kizkale seen from the citadel’.

Two identical 8.5 x 7.5 cm photographs taken by Onnes Kurkdjian in the 1870s and mounted on card.

Part of a set of 38 cards with stereoscopic photographs. Each card has the title ‘Collection “Ruines of Armenia: Ani; the capital of the Bagratides” by [facsimile of Kurkidjian’s signature], Erevan’ in French and Armenian. The cards have no captions but are hand numbered 1 to 42 and the subject of each card is listed in the accompanying booklets one of which is in French and German and the other in Armenian. The booklets note that the photographs for cards 11 and 12 were lost and, consequently, these cards were replaced with cards 41 and 42. Cards 9 and 10 are missing from this collection.