Tag: portrait, Porträt, retrato, ritratto, portret, retrat, Bildnis

Actress Valeska Suratt, ca. 1916

Underwood & Underwood :: Waist-up publicity still of Valeska Suratt wearing a jeweled headdress, ca. 1916. A stamp on the back of the print reads: ‘William Fox presents Valeska Suratt in photo plays supreme released through Fox Film Corp. | src Wisconsin Historical Society

Sita Staub, ca. 1928

Sita Staub [?], Brustbild, Dreiviertelporträt, ca. 1928. | Sita Staub [?], Half-length portrait, three-quarter portrait, ca. 1928 |Written on verso: “Meine herzlich geliebte Emsi. Wie sehr wünschte ich, dass es Dir auf Deiner Rompilgerfahrt jetzt besser gehen möchte. Ich denke so viel an Dich lieb klein Mesi, und finde, dass Dein Schutzheiliger etwas mehr für Dich tun könnte, – er müsste doch am besten sehen können, dass Dein Herz aus kindlichen Rosenblättern ist – und behütet werden sollte. S.S.” | src Schweizerisches Literaturarchiv (Emmy Ball-Hennings)

Hilda Doolittle Scrapbook (sculpture and self)

Hilda Doolittle :: Various clippings and photographs, Classical sculpture, possibly H. D. Scrapbook containing photographs of H. D., Kenneth Mapherson, Bryher, and others. From: H. D. Papers, undated. | src Beinecke Digital Collections ~ Beinecke rare book and manuscript library

Vera Kholodnaya postcards

Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, profile to the left, in a light kerchief tied around the head like a turban, with long earrings consisting of three large circles. Between 1914 and 1919. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Vera Kholodnaya. Portrait, profile to the left, in a light kerchief tied around the head like a turban, with long earrings consisting of three large circles. Between 1914 and 1919. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Russian silent cinema actress Vera Kholodnaya (aka ‘Queen of Screen’). Russian postcard, nº 47. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Russian silent cinema actress Vera Kholodnaya (aka ‘Queen of Screen’). Russian postcard, nº 47. Collection Didier Hanson. | src Flickr
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (1893-1919), 1917 (card nº131). Portrait, profile to the right. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library
Vera Vasilyevna Kholodnaya (1893-1919), 1917 (card nº131). Portrait, profile to the right. Postcard from the collection of Natalia Balachenkova. | src Presidential Library

Gertrude Kraus in Tanzpose 1927

Atelier d’Ora ~ Benda :: Gertrude Kraus in Tanzposein in einem langen, taillenlosen Kleid, 27.04.1927. | Gertrud Kraus in dance pose in a long, loose dress, 27.04.1927 | src Kulturpool and ÖNB · Österrichische Nationalbibliothek
Atelier d’ Ora, Wien ~ Dancer Gertrud Kraus in a dance to Bach’s aria in G major. Dance photo, 27.04.1927 | src Theatermuseum, Wien
Atelier d’ Ora, Wien ~ Gertrude Kraus in einem langen, taillenlosen Kleid, 27.04.1927 | src ÖNB