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Studio portrait of Malta Stanchova

Studio portrait of Malta Stanchova, © Scientific Archive of the Bulgarian Academy of SciencesenlargeStudio portrait of Malta Stanchova, © Scientific Archive of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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Object:Studio portrait of Malta Stanchova
Description:Vignetted medium close-up profile shot of a young woman wearing a dark high-necked dress with puffed sleeves.
Comment:Malta Stanchova was the sister of Poliksenia Stanchova. Poliksenia was married to Stefan Stambolov in 1888. Stefan Stambolov (1854 - 1895) was a Bulgarian politician, a deputy at the Bulgarian Founding Assembly of 1879, Vice Chairman and later Chairman of the Bulgarian Parliament. In 1886 Stambolov became Regent until the proclamation of Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as Knyaz of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria in 1887. He was also Prime Minister for seven years (1887 - 1894). Stambolov was assassinated in July 1895.
Date:Not before 1888
Location:Sofia
Country:Bulgaria
Type:Photograph
Creator:Karastoyanov, Ivan Anastasov, (Court photographer)
Dimensions:Artefact: 163mm x 110mm
Image: 133mm x 100mm
Format:Cabinet
Technique:Not specified
Keywords:290 Clothing
300 Adornment
550 Individuation and Mobility > 551 Personal Names
560 Social Stratification
600 Kinship
Copyright:Научен архив на Българската академия на науките
Archive:Scientific Archive of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Inv. No.: Ф. 19К, оп. 2, а.е. 42-2
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.297