A young woman posing in a photographic studio, wearing an unusual dress, in front of a plain backdrop.

Bieliavskago, M

Date:: [20th century]

Reference:: 528818i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

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The Fallaize Collection.
- Russia, stereo photographs.
  - A young woman posing in a photographic studio, wearing an unusual dress, in front of a plain backdrop.528818i

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Description

The woman in the photograph wears elaborate beads in her hair. A crescent moon is visible in her hair and on her necklace.

Publication/Creation

[20th century]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint : stereograph

Contributors

Lettering

<Cyrillic> M. Bieliavskago St Peterburg, Nevsky Pr 34 Lettering printed on the back of the mount gives a list of prizes awarded at various exhibitions, the most recent is the Exposition Universelle at Paris, 1900

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 528818i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.