Tamara Karsavina family group
Photograph
April 1920 (photographed)
April 1920 (photographed)
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Photograph of Tamara Karsavina with her son, Nikita, and her husband, Henry Bruce, April 1920. They are about to board the Airco Express to Paris.
This press photograph, taken for the Daily Mirror, reflects the profile that dancer Tamara Karsavina had acquired. In April 1920 she had finished the run of J.M. Barrie's play The Truth about the Russian Dancers at the Coliseum and was going to rejoin the Ballets Russes to create the role of Pimpernella in Pulcinella.
This press photograph, taken for the Daily Mirror, reflects the profile that dancer Tamara Karsavina had acquired. In April 1920 she had finished the run of J.M. Barrie's play The Truth about the Russian Dancers at the Coliseum and was going to rejoin the Ballets Russes to create the role of Pimpernella in Pulcinella.
Object details
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| Title | Tamara Karsavina family group (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph |
| Brief description | Photograph of Tamara Karsavina, her son, Nikita, and husband, Henry Bruce, about to board the Airco Express to Paris where Karsavina is to rejoin Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, April 1920 |
| Physical description | Photograph of a family in front of an aeroplane. The parents hold the hands of their young son. The woman wears a winter coat, a fur hat, and holds a large fur muff. The man has a bowler hat, a rolled umbrella and smokes a pipe. |
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| Credit line | Gabrielle Enthoven Collection |
| Object history | Given to the Gabrielle Enthoven Collection by Mrs Phyllis Shaw. |
| Summary | Photograph of Tamara Karsavina with her son, Nikita, and her husband, Henry Bruce, April 1920. They are about to board the Airco Express to Paris. This press photograph, taken for the Daily Mirror, reflects the profile that dancer Tamara Karsavina had acquired. In April 1920 she had finished the run of J.M. Barrie's play The Truth about the Russian Dancers at the Coliseum and was going to rejoin the Ballets Russes to create the role of Pimpernella in Pulcinella. |
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| Accession number | S.504-2021 |
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| Record created | May 26, 2021 |
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