Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, 1889-1966 – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, 1889-1966, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, 1889-1966
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Here the poet's likeness comes through a drawing rather than a camera: a halftone reproduction of a charcoal portrait by the Russian artist A. Tyschler, dated 1945 in the record. Akhmatova, born in 1889, was among the most important voices of Russian poetry in the Silver Age, and by the 1940s she had lived through revolution, censorship and the arrests of her son. Printed reproductions like this one carried such portraits into magazines and books, letting readers see a likeness they would never encounter in the original sheet. The record's details come from an old caption card and have not been verified, so the date and attribution are best read as provisional.
| Created / published | 1945 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Half-tone repro. of charcoal drawing by Risunok A. Tyschlera. Russian Poet. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BF; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,026 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-135164 |
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