Marcus Selmer
1862-1866 (ca)
Studio portrait of a Saami man, identified as a bridegroom, standing, wearing an overcoat made of animal skin, described on the printed caption as being from Karasjok in Finnmark, Norway.

Carte de visite
Pitt Rivers Museum
Joan Evans - Donated August 1941, 1941.8.31
 
Research Notes
This carte de visite has been identified as a photograph by Marcus Selmer, taken from the printed information on the reverse. [PG 18/02/2013]
 
Marcus Selmer (1819-1900) was a Danish pharmacist who came to Bergen in 1852 and established a portrait studio there, specialising in photographing people in local costume: http://www.nb.no/pm/fotograf.php?fotograf_id=2521&navn=&m_saml=.. and http://www.preusmuseum.no/foto_echo.html (accessed 18 February 2013). [PG 18/02/2013]
 
For another version of this photograph, dated 1862-1866, see http://www.digitaltmuseum.no/things/76-brudgom-fra-karasjok-i-finmarken/NF/NF.09401-019 (accessed 18 February 2013). [PG 18/02/2013]
 
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