Russian man and woman

Commentary
Russian man and woman
Accession number: 
1941.8.159
Collection: 
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Studio portrait of a Russian man and woman, possibly a married couple, standing.

Photographer: Unidentified studio
Date of photograph: Circa 1870s
Continent: Europe
Geographical area: Central and Eastern Europe
Country: Russia
Region/Place: Moscow ?
Cultural group: European Russian
Format: Carte de visite
Size: 105 x 63 mm
Acquisition: Joan Evans. Donated August 1941

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Primary documentation: ‘[p.588] Dr. JOAN EVANS, from the property of the late SIR ARTHUR EVANS, Youlbury, Boars Hill, Oxford. [List of items follows]’; ‘[p.590] 29 Photographs of Russian types, in box’: Pitt Rivers Museum accession records (Donations X, 1937–1941), pp.588, 590. Notes on mount: ‘Moscow’ (written in pencil on reverse of mount card).