Landscape in the snow
Photograph
ca. 1905 (photographed)
ca. 1905 (photographed)
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Peacock was a writer on art, a specialist on Russian peasant crafts and a researcher at the British Museum. She travelled widely in Russia, taking her own photographs and collecting those of others to form a visual archive for her studies. Her collection forms a remarkable record of prerevolutionary Russia, capturing many different social, architectural and landscape types.
Object details
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| Title | Landscape in the snow (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph byNetta Peacock, or studio of Dmitri Ermakov, Landscape in the snow, c.1905, gelatin silver print |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph depicting a Russian landscape scene in the snow showing a large tree in the foreground. |
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| Historical context | Netta Peacock's photographs form a remarkable record of pre-revolutionary Russia, documenting both its peasant villages and elegant cosmopolitan cities. She was obviously concerned to capture a cross-section of the Russian population by representing as many different social and architectural types as possible. Little is known about the photographer herself; but it is likely that she was a highly educated daughter of a consul-general in Odessa (Odesa), able to pursue photography as a hobby. She also wrote about Russian peasant crafts and artwork and published several books about Western painters. |
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| Summary | Peacock was a writer on art, a specialist on Russian peasant crafts and a researcher at the British Museum. She travelled widely in Russia, taking her own photographs and collecting those of others to form a visual archive for her studies. Her collection forms a remarkable record of prerevolutionary Russia, capturing many different social, architectural and landscape types. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990 |
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| Accession number | E.2542-1990 |
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| Record created | July 29, 2003 |
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