Qajar Prince Ali Khan Signed Cabinet Card CDV Photo Carte Visite Consul General

  
For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important original antique c. 1860 Iranian royal presentation photograph / CDV / carte de visite of Qajar Prince Ali Khan, hand-signed and inscribed by Consul General Khan, Georgia. Signed and inscribed on verso: "Le General Ali Khan - fils de Hossein - Khan - Consul general de Perse a Tiflis". Original albumen carte de visite photograph by Armanian photographer Ayvaz Ayvazov, Tiflis, Georgia. Royal cdv measures approximately 106 x 65 mm / 4,1 x 2,4 inches (card). Caption in Russian cyrillic reads: L. Dublin in tiflis near the theater.