Studio portrait of Nikola Korchev
Description
» next entryoverview« previous entry| Object: | Studio portrait of Nikola Korchev |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Comment: | 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. |
| Date: | Not before 1892 |
| Location: | Sofia |
| Country: | Bulgaria |
| Type: | Photograph |
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| Creator: | Karastoyanov, Ivan Anastasov, (Court photographer) |
| Dimensions: | Artefact: 208mm x 123mm Image: 189mm x 123mm |
| Format: | Boudoir |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Keywords: | 150 Behavior Processes and Personality > 156 Social Personality 700 Armed Forces 710 Military Technology > 714 Uniform and Accouterment 720 War 640 State > 648 International Relations |
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| Copyright: | Национален Военноисторически Музей |
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| Archive: | National Museum of Military History Sofia, Inv. No.: 36 |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0] |
| Editor: | Anelia Kassabova |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.172 |
