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Tamara Karsavina

Photograph
1920s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Full-length photograph of a woman in an 18th-century gown with wide lace cuffs at the end of elbow-length sleeves, heeled shoes, a choker and a powdered wig with flowers


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTamara Karsavina (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photograph
Brief description
Studio photograph by Foulsham & Banfield of Tamara Karsavina in costume for her Mozart ballet
Physical description
Full-length photograph of a woman in an 18th-century gown with wide lace cuffs at the end of elbow-length sleeves, heeled shoes, a choker and a powdered wig with flowers
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.5cm
  • Width: 19.7cm
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Object history
Given to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection by Albert W. King, December 1934. The photograph appears to have been commissioned for the Sketch.
Collection
Accession number
S.508-2021

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Record createdMay 26, 2021
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