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Wife of a Court Official. Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
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Wife of a Court Official. Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Wife of a Court Official. Irkutsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia. Along the way he created a series of drawings and watercolors of the people and places he encountered. Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife
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Boris Smirnov Boris Vasilievich Smirnov Eyeglasses Glasses Inspecting Inspection Irkutsk Rossiya Russia Looking Back Novosibirsk State Museum Overcoat Plume Plumed Siberia Siberian Smirnov Boris Vasilievich Spectacles Meeting Of Frontiers
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This evocative black and white portrait captures the enigmatic gaze of a Siberian woman, the wife of a local court official, as she sits before a plain background in Irkutsk, Russia, in 1904. Dressed in traditional Siberian clothing, she wears a long, fur-trimmed overcoat, a voluminous, high-collared dress, and a plumed hat, accessorized with a pair of elegant glasses perched on her nose. Her fur-trimmed collar is pulled up around her neck, suggesting a chill in the air, while her hands are folded in her lap, adding an air of contemplation to her demeanor. The intricate patterns on her dress and the delicate folds of her hat reveal the skillful hand of Boris Vasilievich Smirnov, a Russian artist who traveled through Siberia by prisoner transport in 1904, creating a series of drawings and watercolors of the people and places he encountered. Smirnov's masterful use of pencil drawing techniques brings out the texture and detail of the woman's clothing and the subtle expressions in her face, making this a captivating image of a bygone era.
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