Object: | Studio portrait of actor Milorad Petrović in character as 'Hajduk Veljko' |
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Description: | Half-length shot of a man dressed in čakšire (dark, knee-length, woollen trousers) and a waist belt with weapons tucked into it. |
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Comment: | "Hajduk Veljko" is a play by Jovan Dragašević which is based on the historical figure of Hajduk Veljko, one of the voivodes (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire (1804–1813). Milorad Petrović (1865, Šabac – 1928, Skopje) was a Serbian actor who worked at the Royal Serbian National Theatre in Belgrade and played the leading role in the first Serbian silent film, "Life and Deeds of Immortal Vožd Karađorđe", in 1911. |
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Date: | Not before 1898, Not after 1900 |
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Location: | Belgrade |
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Country: | Serbia |
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