Young Korean married couple

Visit to the Land of Morning Calm

portrait

Archive

Accession Nr.: A.4760.2.22.2.
Type: photograph
Artist/Maker:
Date of production:
ca. 1900
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Dezső Bozóky
Signed: Below the photo: Dezső Bozóky's handwriting:
Young Korean couple
Materials/Techniques: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: height: 13 cm
width: 10 cm
The album containing Dezső Bozóky's travelphotos (second). Related item: A.4760.2. (album). Unknown photographer. Photograph purchased by Dezső Bozóky. This well-off young couple posed for their portrait in winter wear. The woman wears a silk brocade coat, with the edges of her fur-lined fingerless mittens (dosi) sticking out from underneath the sleeves. She has a winter hat (nambawi) on, with a characteristic tassel adorned with pearls. The ornamental end of her hairpin is visible by her neck, and the pair of rings on her left hand indicates she is married. She wears fine shoes with upturned toes. Her husband wears a lined coat and thick winter shoes. Luck-giving plants were placed on the studio’s table: a bunch of peonies for wealth and fame, and two pine twigs for a long life.