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[Half-length portrait of man, facing right]
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Archive record
Inscribed on verso: Lesevitch. Photo by Constantin Chapiro, St. Petersburg. Transfer; Manuscript Division (George Kennan Papers); 1973; (DLC/PP-1973:080). Forms part of: George Kennan Papers.
About this photograph
The photograph is inscribed on the back with the name Lesevitch and the photographer's credit: Constantin Chapiro, St. Petersburg. It was taken in 1880.
The photograph came to the Library of Congress in 1973 as a transfer from the institution's Manuscript Division, where it had been part of the George Kennan Papers. Beyond the inscription and this provenance, the archive provides no further information about the sitter's identity, occupation, or connection to Kennan. The photographer's studio location is given, but nothing more is known about Chapiro's work or practice.
Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.
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