Studio portrait of Nikola Korchev Visualizing Family, Gender Relations, and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950 Anelia Kassabova editor Centre for Southeast European History, University Graz Centre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Graz o:vase.172 Национален Военноисторически Музей National Museum of Military History Sofia 36 Social Personality Behavior Processes and Personality Armed Forces Uniform and Accouterment Military Technology War International Relations State Bulgaria Sofia Sofia 23.32415,42.69751 Photograph Court photographer 1892 after Ivan Anastasov Karastoyanov Karastoyanov, Ivan Anastasov Full length shot of an elderly man wearing a military uniform with insignias of honour and a fur cap. He is holding a rifle with the bayonet attached in his right hand. A wreath of flowers has been slipped over the rifle. A painted canvas backdrop is creating the illusion of the scene being set in nature. Nikola Korchev (1836 - 1921) was a opalchenets-pobornik, meaning "volunteer combatant", in the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877 – 1878. He was honoured for saving the Samara flag. Not specified Boudoir 208 123 189 123 Bulgaria Sofia