A Bulgarian female acrobat performing contortions in a photographic studio.

Date:: [between 1890 and 1910]

Reference:: 526594i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

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The Fallaize Collection.
- Bulgarian portraits.
  - A Bulgarian female acrobat performing contortions in a photographic studio.526594i

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced April 2022: A Bulgarian female acrobat, wearing a leotard and tights, performing contortions in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1890/1910.

Publication/Creation

Sofia, [between 1890 and 1910]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Fallaize, Edwin Nichol, 1877-1957former owner

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 526594i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.