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.