Photograph: Lubov Tchernicheva in Cléopâtre

Photograph of a woman dressed in a costume inspired by ancient Egyptian clothing. She faces the camera with her head turned right and hands raised at the elbows. Her dress is patterned in bold geometric shapes and she wears an elaborate vulture headdress on her head

Photograph: Lubov Tchernicheva in Cléopâtre

Description:: Lubov Tchernicheva in the Title Role of Cléopâtre

Artist:: Malcolm Burthnot

Medium:: Gelatin silver print, mounted on card

Dimensions:: Card: H. 22.3 cm; W. 15.9 cm; Photograph: H. 20 cm; W. 14.9 cm

Date:: ca. 1918

Inventory Number:: MS Thr 464 (14), folder 1

Lender:: Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University

Credit:: Purchased with the Howard D. Rothschild Fund, 1995

Houghton Library, Harvard University