RUSSIAN INTELLECTUALS - EASTERN EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS c. 1895-1920

Item #823

94 photos of Eastern European intellectuals, politicians of the Russian Empire and royalty circa 1895-1920. I believe that most portraits are Russian, but Ukrainian and Polish men are likely represented as well.

It appears that many of these portraits were likely used in a published book. A few photos have crop marks and masks that indicate publishers’ edits. In this collection are deputies of various provinces in Russia, namely Tver, Moscow, Ryazan, Mogilev, and others. This distinction is written in pencil in French (below Russian calligraphy) on the verso of the photos. Many are marked with a back-stamp of Russian origin.

There is a newspaper clipping of Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist who is accredited with the discovery of classical conditioning. Below the photo reads: “used in Digest 2/26/[19]21.”

A few photos are outliers among the Eastern European headshots. List follows. A portrait of Count Udo of Stolberg-Wernigerode, the newly elected President of the German Reichstag. Photo credited to Flip Kester. A portrait held by Funk & Wagnalls Co. of Rev. James Snowden, editor of the Presbyterian Banner of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And lastly, a portrait from George Grantham Bain of N.Y. as indicated by stamp on verso. On recto, the top left corner reads “Constant” with no other identifiers.

All of the photos are identified on the verso with ink, pencil, and back—stamps. The writing is hard for me to make out in many cases.Some photos have brown and/or pink stains and they are small, mostly measuring about 3.75” x 4.75”.

Price: $750.00