Photograph: Portrait of a young woman wearing a bonnet

European Jews

Vitebsk Guberniya, city Vitebsk

1909

Albumen print

9,4 x 6,3; 10,7 x 6,5

РЭМ 12420-25

On the reverse of the letterhead card is the inscription in ink: “To Boris, a good fine person and much respected friend, from Ida. Remember me kindly. As a memento. 19./III/09.” The studio of A. Makovsky who advertized himself as a master attested by German court photographers and who offered photo enlargement services was in Wittenberg’s house in Smolenskaya Street. The card is letterhead: on the reverse is a palette, images of medals received at exhibitions, and inscriptions – “A. Makovsky’s Art Photography” and the address “Vitebsk, Smolenskaya Street, Wittenberg’s house.”