18th–19th centuries
An age of hopes for liberation, of Eastern Armenia passing to the Russian Empire, and of national awakening: the first photographs, traditional dress and town life.
Hopes of Liberation: Davit Bek and the Meliks of ArtsakhEastern Armenia in the Russian EmpireThe Armenian Question and the Massacres of 1894–1896 and 1909
№ 00101897Alexandropol (Gyumri)
Armenian woman of Alexandropol in traditional dress
№ 0011Yerevan
An Armenian woman from Yerevan
№ 0019
Armenian illuminated Gospel with a silver binding
№ 0030Tiflis (Tbilisi)
An Armenian man from Tiflis in national costume
№ 0051Gyumri
Model of Old Gyumri
№ 005219th centuryVan
Silver belt from Van, 19th century
№ 005319th centuryVan
Silver bracelet from Van
№ 005519th century
Armenian silver belts, 19th century
№ 00561892Kharberd (Harput)
Armenian wedding in Kharberd, 1892
№ 00621880sYerevan
Village girl with a jug, Yerevan
№ 0064
The Baptism of the Armenian People
№ 00671865Tehran
Mirza Melkum Khan with his family, Tehran, 1865
№ 0076
Israel Ori
№ 00831880sMarash (Kahramanmaraş)
Armenian family in Marash, 1880s
№ 008419-րդ դարի վերջAkhaltsikhe
Armenian woman of Akhaltsikhe in national dress
№ 0086Constantinople (Istanbul)
Architect Karapet Amira Balyan
№ 0089early 18th century
Armenian girl being led to church for her wedding
№ 00941890
Armenian nun
№ 0095
Ivan Aivazovsky with his family
№ 00971887Akhtala
Share certificate of the French Akhtala Mining Company
№ 010119-րդ դարի վերջGandzak (Ganja)
The Ter Isahakyan family near Gandzak
№ 010319-րդ դարի վերջGandzak (Ganja)
Armenian women of Gandzak in traditional dress
№ 0107Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
Ghazaros Shovroyan, prince of Zeitun
№ 0114Ani
The Cathedral of Ani
+1№ 0121Van
Armenian women and children of the Van region in traditional dress
№ 0124Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
Armenian volunteers of Zeitun
№ 01371890Artsakh
An Armenian Woman of Artsakh in a French Magazine, 1890
№ 01421840s
Portrait of an Armenian Man of the Ottoman Empire
№ 01441867Agulis (Yukhari Aylis)
An Armenian family from Agulis, 1867
№ 01701870sParis
“Armenian Officer”: a sketch by Eugène Lacoste
№ 0171c. 1900Salonica (Thessaloniki)
An Armenian Singer from Salonica
№ 0180Akhaltsikhe
Armenian women of Akhaltsikhe in traditional dress
+1№ 0182
Young Soghomon before Catholicos Gevorg IV
№ 01841884Khtskonk (Beşkilise)
The Church of Surb Sargis at Khtskonk, 1884
№ 02001899Sivrihisar
A Singer sewing machine seller, Sivrihisar, 1899
№ 0215c. 1900
An Armenian woman in national dress
№ 0219
Hovhannes Aivazovsky and Anna Burnazyan
№ 0227c. 1895
Two Armenian girls in the Ottoman Empire, c. 1895
№ 02341889Constantinople (Istanbul)
The Terzian family in Constantinople, 1889
№ 02401870–1880-ական թթ.Tiflis (Tbilisi)
An Armenian celebration in Tiflis
№ 0280
The Holy Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew
№ 0283
Great figures of Armenian culture in one picture
№ 02931860–1920
Portrait of an Armenian Woman in Traditional Dress
№ 02971895Yerevan
Vardges Surenyants, “Trampled Sanctity”, 1895
№ 0309Manchester
Holy Trinity Armenian Church, Manchester
№ 03171752–1753Würzburg
Mesrop Mashtots in a fresco by Tiepolo
№ 0318
Hovhannes Aivazovsky beside an easel
№ 0333Lviv
Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Inventor of the Kerosene Lamp
№ 03401891Shushi
Armenians of Shushi, 1891
№ 0345
“Armenian Woman” by Charles Landelle
№ 0347Van
Armenian Women of Van
№ 035719th centuryEtchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Reliquary with a wooden fragment of Noah’s Ark
№ 03711700–1825
Church Staff with a Serpent Head
№ 03751890Agulis (Yukhari Aylis)
Armenian musicians of Upper Agulis, 1890
№ 03781814Armenia
Blessing cross with precious stones, 1814
№ 03861888–1889Van
An Armenian from Van, 1888–1889
+4№ 0398Ani
Ani Cathedral from the south-east
№ 0402Shamakhi
An Armenian Woman from Shamakhi
№ 0406Caesarea (Kayseri)
Chest with an Armenian inscription at a market in Caesarea
№ 04131727Western Armenia
Gold cup with precious stones, 1727
№ 04141751United States
Saghavart (liturgical crown), 1751
№ 041518th centuryVan
Silver censer, Van, 18th century
№ 042618th century
Movses Khorenatsi, by Hovnatan Hovnatanian
№ 0429
“Shamiram and Ara the Beautiful” by Vardges Sureniants
+2№ 0431Rome
The Armenian Church of Saint Nicholas in Rome
№ 0439
Portrait of Anna Abamelik-Lazareva
№ 0442
Portrait of an Armenian woman, Hammarstedt collection
№ 04431799
The Armenian alphabet in Edmund Fry’s book, 1799
№ 044418th century
Armenian silver cup and saucer, 18th century
№ 044619-րդ դարի վերջ
Silver goblet, late 19th century
№ 044718th centuryEtchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Silver cup, 18th century
№ 04511778Constantinople (Istanbul)
Silver ewer with stand, Constantinople, 1778
№ 04561898Tomarza
Armenian woman from the village of Tomarza, 1898
№ 045719-րդ դարի վերջVanadzor
People by a church in a village near Vanadzor
№ 0463Kutina (Kütahya)
The house where Komitas was born, Kutina
№ 0471Van
Local Armenians of Van
+1№ 04831877
Armenian silver amulet, 1877
№ 048618th centuryWestern Armenia
Silver Pendant from Western Armenia
№ 04961735Constantinople (Istanbul)
Armenian church mitre, Constantinople, 1735
№ 0497c. 1880Constantinople (Istanbul)
Architect Sarkis Balyan in ceremonial dress
№ 0501Vaspurakan
Ornament of Armenian women of Vaspurakan
№ 0502c. 1880
Photograph of an Armenian girl, about 1880
№ 05051751
Armenian Jewellery Box, 1751
№ 050719th centuryArmenia
Portrait of an Armenian woman with a child
№ 05101855Cairo
Armenian woman in Cairo, painting by John Frederick Lewis
№ 05111895Dilijan
Gevorg Bashinjaghyan, “Dilijan Road”, 1895
№ 051419th century
Women’s bracelet, 19th century
№ 051519th centuryFrance
Incense burner, 19th century
№ 051619th centuryYerevan
Silver filigree purse
№ 051718th centuryEtchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
The Virgin and Child with the 12 Apostles
№ 051919th century
Armenian headdress ornament, 19th century
№ 0520Armenia
Cross with a particle of the Cross of the Lord
№ 052519-րդ դարի վերջ
Young Armenian woman in national costume
№ 052719th centuryEtchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Holy Reliquary, 19th Century
№ 05291815Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Vessel for the Holy Myron, 1815
№ 0534Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Vessel for preparing the Holy Myron
№ 0535
Armenian reliquary in a gold setting
№ 053619th century
Armenian Vermeil Brooch, 19th Century
№ 053818th centuryKutina (Kütahya)
Painted egg, 18th century
№ 05401853Armenia
Sacramental Tiara, 1853
№ 054719th centuryArmenia
Chalice and paten, 19th century
№ 05491787Caesarea (Kayseri)
Incense casket from Caesarea, 1787
№ 05641893Marash (Kahramanmaraş)
The Chorbajian family, Marash, 1893
№ 05741862Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
Leaders of the Armenian uprising, Zeitun, 1862
№ 05791769
Portrait of Anna Lazaryan by Ivan Argunov, 1769
№ 05881840–1850-ական թթ.Armenia
Portrait of Melik Adamyan
№ 06201897Yerevan
Yenok Nazarian, ‘Portrait of Mariam Shalamian’, 1897
№ 0621Manchester
Holy Trinity Armenian Church in Manchester
№ 066919th centuryNew Julfa (Isfahan)
Armenian girl from New Julfa
№ 06701880s
“Armenians”, 1880s
№ 0677early 19th century
Hayk, the Legendary Forefather of the Armenian People
№ 0678c. 1890Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
Armenian man from Zeitun, around 1890
№ 06911880sTiflis (Tbilisi)
Armenian man in a chokha and papakha, Tiflis
№ 06921890Tiflis (Tbilisi)
Little Princess Lazarian, Tiflis, 1890
№ 0694
Mesrop Mashtots, Creator of the Armenian Alphabet
№ 06971849Armenia
Portrait of Movses Arghutian-Yerkaynabazuk, 1849
№ 070619-րդ դարի վերջTehran
Armenian girls in traditional costume, Tehran
№ 070819th centuryShamakhi
An Armenian Woman from Shamakhi
№ 0728Hamshen
Single-arch stone bridge in Hamshen
№ 073219th centuryTiflis (Tbilisi)
Armenian women of the Arghutian-Yerkaynabazuk family, Tiflis
№ 07331888
Tchaikovsky among Armenians of Tiflis, 1888
№ 07451895Tehran
Young Armenian woman from Tehran, 1895
№ 0762Kars
An old house in Kars
№ 076619-րդ դարի վերջMush
National festival at Surb Karapet Monastery, Mush
№ 0770Kars
An Armenian Family from Kars
№ 08041895London
The Satirical Newspaper Aptak, London, 1895
+1№ 080617th–18th centuriesYerevan
Panorama of Yerevan, an old engraving
№ 08161841
Aivazovsky, «Chaos. The Creation of the World», 1841
№ 08221862Darial Gorge
Hovhannes Aivazovsky, “Darial Gorge”, 1862
№ 0825
A Painting by Ivan Aivazovsky
№ 08261826–1828
Banner of an Armenian volunteer detachment
№ 08361896Yerevan
Armenian woman from Yerevan, 1896
№ 0840
A painting by Ivan Aivazovsky
№ 0841Armenia
Traditional Armenian footwear and patterned socks
№ 08421858Feodosia
Aivazovsky: Portrait of the Artist’s Grandmother Ashkhen
№ 08551870–1880-ական թթ.Saint Petersburg
Princess Obolenskaya in Armenian dress
№ 085918th century
Mesrop Mashtots, Sahak Partev and their pupils
№ 0877Italy
"Misty Morning in Italy", Aivazovsky
№ 09011880Tiflis (Tbilisi)
Armenian women from Tiflis, 1880
№ 09041817
The birth record of Hovhannes Aivazovsky, 1817
№ 09051893Alexandropol (Gyumri)
Kara-Murza's four-part choir, Alexandropol, 1893
№ 09081897Tiflis (Tbilisi)
An Armenian family, Tiflis, 1897
№ 0911Mount Ararat
First conquerors of Ararat: Parrot and Abovyan
№ 093019th centuryAlexandropol (Gyumri)
The northern part of Alexandropol
№ 0932Yerevan
A lost building in the centre of Yerevan
№ 09411700Artsakh
The Armenian carpet “Gohar”, 1700, Artsakh
№ 0952France
Advertising poster for “Papier d’Arménie”
№ 0956Kars
Armenian priests in Kars
№ 09571881Julfa
An Armenian woman from Julfa, 1881
№ 09581870–1890Akhaltsikhe
Armenian women from Akhaltsikhe, 1870–1890
№ 0964Iran
Armenian woman in festive dress, Iran
№ 0965
Lazar Lazarian
№ 096819-րդ դարի կեսերNew Julfa (Isfahan)
Armenian women of New Julfa
№ 097219-րդ դարի վերջTehran
Young Armenian woman from Tehran
№ 09751891–1892Iran
Armenian women of Iran, 1891–1892
№ 0981Tehran
Antoin Sevruguin
№ 0982Egypt
Nubar Pasha, the first Prime Minister of Egypt
№ 099219th–20th centuriesJerusalem
Entrance to the Armenian Quarter, Old Jerusalem
№ 09931882–1915Tiflis (Tbilisi)
Wife of a wealthy Armenian merchant, Tiflis
№ 0995Dhaka
Church of the Holy Resurrection in Dhaka
№ 10131877Western Armenia (Eastern Anatolia)
Silver amulet pendant, 1877
№ 1017Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
The Zeitun uprising of 1862
№ 10211891Worcester (Massachusetts)
The first Armenian church in America, Worcester, 1891
№ 1022
Mkrtich I Khrimian
№ 10271896
Armenian intellectuals, 1896
№ 1037Caesarea (Kayseri)
Armenian inscription in Caesarea (Kayseri)
№ 1039c. 1890Kharberd (Harput)
Armenians making silk, Kharberd, c. 1890
№ 1047Western Armenia
The Hamidian massacres (1894–1896)
№ 10491898Boston
Mesrop Mashtots as a young priest
№ 10591842Ani
The walls of Ani: engraving by Charles Texier, 1842
№ 1061Karin (Erzurum)
Armenians of Karin, before 1915
№ 1076Vienna
Saint Gregory and King Trdat, miniature
№ 1087
Avetik Isahakyan with his grandfather Gabriel Glchyan
№ 10931814Armenia
Blessing cross, 1814
№ 1133Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
The Gevorgian Theological Seminary in Etchmiadzin
№ 1135
Hambardzum Limonjyan, creator of the new Armenian notation
№ 11441898
Ivan Aivazovsky beside his painting, 1898
№ 11531889Mount Ararat
Aivazovsky, “The Descent of Noah from Mount Ararat”, 1889
№ 1164Mardin
The historic post office building in Mardin
№ 1168
Roustam Raza, Napoleon’s bodyguard
№ 11921882Karin (Erzurum)
Street scene in Karin (Erzurum), engraving
№ 11931878Alexandropol (Gyumri)
The Church of the Holy Saviour, Alexandropol, 1878
№ 11981895Western Armenia
The massacre of Christians in Armenia, 1895
№ 12021885Armenia
Armenian silver bracelet, 1885
№ 1206Armenia
Traditional Armenian women’s headdresses
№ 12081768
An Armenian bride in wedding dress, 1768
№ 1210Armenia
Ornate Armenian gold box
№ 121219th century
Armenian silver cup, 19th century
№ 1214Varzahan
The Armenian cemetery at Varzahan
№ 1231Shushi
The bell tower of the Shushi cathedral and an angel statue
№ 12411891Armenia
Andranik Ozanian’s battle sword
№ 12451895Yerevan
Vardges Sureniants, “Desecrated Sanctuary”, 1895
№ 1256Tiflis (Tbilisi)
Shamkhoretsots Holy Mother of God Church in Tiflis
+1№ 1302Kars
The city and fortress of Kars
№ 1305Madras (Chennai)
The Armenian Church of the Holy Virgin Mary in Madras
+1№ 1316Italy
Vittoria Aganoor, Italian poet of Armenian descent
№ 13211889Tiflis (Tbilisi)
Tchaikovsky at the Adelkhanov dacha, Tiflis
№ 13291893–1894Constantinople (Istanbul)
Armenian students of Constantinople, 1893–1894
№ 13581895Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat)
Khrimian Hayrik near Etchmiadzin, Aivazovsky, 1895
№ 13711880Nakhijevan (Nakhchivan)
The Avagyan family of Tsghna, Nakhijevan, 1880
№ 13751880s
Armenian bride from the Nukha and Shamakhi area
+3№ 1379
Traditional Armenian women’s jewellery
№ 139019-րդ դարի վերջAkhaltsikhe
Four-Barrelled Pistol by Yeghishe Chiftalyaryan
№ 1392Shushi
An Armenian family from Shushi
№ 13951885Zeitun (Süleymanlı)
Armenian women of Zeitun with rifles
№ 14021899Constantinople (Istanbul)
Procession of Patriarch Stepan Azaryan, Constantinople, 1899
№ 14071880sArtsakh
An Armenian girl from Artsakh, 1880s
№ 14141875
Armenian wedding, 1875
№ 14271881Tiflis (Tbilisi)
Armenian man from Tiflis with a tray on his head, 1881
№ 143219th centuryConstantinople (Istanbul)
An Armenian bride of Constantinople, 19th century
№ 143419th centuryOttoman Empire
Armenian family, Ottoman Empire, 19th century
№ 144218th–19th centuriesVaspurakan
Women’s costume of Vaspurakan
№ 14471889Constantinople (Istanbul)
Ottoman 1-lira banknote with Armenian text, 1889
+1№ 1448Singapore
“Vanda Miss Joaquim”, the national flower of Singapore
+4№ 1452Feodosia
Marine painter Ivan (Hovhannes) Aivazovsky
№ 1455United States