Anton Chekhov Collection

Anton Chekov, Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak and Ignatius Potapenko, 1896
AIS5386944 Anton Chekov, Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak and Ignatius Potapenko, 1896; (add.info.: Portrait of Russian writers Anton Chekov (Chekhov) (1860-1904) (left)

Portrait de Anton Chekhov with her dog Hina in may 1897 at Melikhovo, the Chekhov Estate (photo)
3903565 Portrait de Anton Chekhov with her dog Hina in may 1897 at Melikhovo, the Chekhov Estate (photo); Sovfoto/UIG

Konstantin Stanislavski as Alexander Vershinin in the play "Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov, 1901. Private Collection

Uncle Vanya, Los Angeles, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Uncle Vanya, Los Angeles, [193-]. Musart Theatre - "Uncle Vanya" - Nightly Except Mon[day] - All Seats 40 c[ents]'. US production of a play by Anton Chekhov

Actor Michael Gambon playing the part of Vanya in the play Uncle Vanya by Chekhov at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. 18th May 1988

Exiled Captives Carting Manure at Korsakov Post in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Original Dwellings of the Settlers on Sakhalin Island in the Tymovskoye District, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

The Gulf of Aniva The Wharf at the Korsakov Prison, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
The Gulf of Aniva The Wharf at the Korsakov Prison, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Settlement in the Large Village of Korsakov in Winter, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

House of the Chief of the Korsakov District, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
House of the Chief of the Korsakov District, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison Term...1880-1899 Creator
The Settlement of Mikhaylovka, Populated by Convicts Who had Finished Their Prison Term, Seven Miles from the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Deer Tungus from the Eastern Shore of Central Sakhalin, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Deer Tungus from the Eastern Shore of Central Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Prison Church at the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Prison Church at the Aleksandrovsk Post, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Exiled Convicts Having Lunch near Their Huts during Work in the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Exiled Convicts Building a Road through the Taiga, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony

Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Exiled Convicts Hauling Coal in the Yards of the Due Coal Mine, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Prison Provisions Depot for the Derbinsky Prison in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

A Church in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Church in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Convicts on the Berezovy Ridge. A Rest Break during the Transportation of Goods to... 1880-1899
Convicts on the Berezovy Ridge. A Rest Break during the Transportation of Goods to the Island Interior in the Tym River Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Barracks of the Tymovskoye Local Convict Camp in the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Derbinsky Settlement in the Tym River Valley in the Interior of the Island, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

A Bridge over the Tym River near the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Bridge over the Tym River near the Settlement of Rykovsk, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

A Prison Animal Yard Derbinsky Prison in the Tymovsk Valley, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
A Prison Animal Yard Derbinsky Prison in the Tymovsk Valley, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Korsakov Regional Police Administration Building in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Korsakov Prison for Exiled Convicts in Southern Sakhalin, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. Creator: Innokenty Ignatievich Pavlovsky
Due Coal Mine Alekseevsky Drift, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s. Sakhalin was used by imperial Russia as a penal colony and place of exile for criminals

Pictured at rehearsals for Chekhovs Three Sisters Marianne Faithfull, Avril Elgar and Glenda Jackson. 7th April 1967

Scene from Anton Chekhovs play The Three Sisters, 1940 (b / w photo)
7200742 Scene from Anton Chekhovs play The Three Sisters, 1940 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian playwright and short story writer, 1893 (b / w photo)
817485 Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian playwright and short story writer, 1893 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Olga Knipper-Chekhova (1868-1959), Russian theatre actress (b / w photo)
3103015 Olga Knipper-Chekhova (1868-1959), Russian theatre actress (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Olga Knipper-Chekhova (1868-1959)

Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy at Yalta, Crimea, 1900 (b / w photo)
3102596 Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy at Yalta, Crimea, 1900 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, 1899 (b / w photo)
3102151 Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, 1899 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, 1899)

Anton Chekhov at his estate of Melikhovo, Russia, June 1898 (b / w photo)
3102140 Anton Chekhov at his estate of Melikhovo, Russia, June 1898 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov at his estate of Melikhovo)

Anton Chekhov reading to members of the Moscow Art Theatre (b / w photo)
821635 Anton Chekhov reading to members of the Moscow Art Theatre (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Anton Chekhov, Russian short story writer and playwright (litho)
821525 Anton Chekhov, Russian short story writer and playwright (litho) by Braz, Osip Emmanuilovich (1873-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Anton Chekhov with relatives and friends in the courtyard of his house on Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street, Moscow
3102150 Anton Chekhov with relatives and friends in the courtyard of his house on Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street, Moscow, Spring 1890 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer

Anton Chekhov in his study in Yalta, Crimea, 1900 (b / w photo)
3102148 Anton Chekhov in his study in Yalta, Crimea, 1900 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov in his study in Yalta, Crimea, 1900)

Anton Chekhov (left) with his brother Nikolay in Moscow, 1882 (b / w photo)
3102142 Anton Chekhov (left) with his brother Nikolay in Moscow, 1882 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Russian actor Vsevolod Meyerhold (centre) in the role of Treplev in the Moscow Art Theatres production of Anton
3102788 Russian actor Vsevolod Meyerhold (centre) in the role of Treplev in the Moscow Art Theatres production of Anton Chekhovs The Seagull, 1898 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer

Anton Chekhov and his family, Taganrog, Russia, 1874 (b / w photo)
3102144 Anton Chekhov and his family, Taganrog, Russia, 1874 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov and his family, Taganrog, Russia, 1874)

Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, Feodosia, Crimea, 1888 (b / w photo)
3102153 Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, Feodosia, Crimea, 1888 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, Feodosia)

Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright (b / w photo)
3102524 Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian playwright

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Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, Moscow, 1883 (b / w photo)
3102146 Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, Moscow, 1883 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright, Moscow, 1883)

Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy (b / w photo)
821713 Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian writers Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) and Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)

Portrait of the author Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), 1902. Found in the Collection of State Central Literary Museum, Moscow

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) with dog Hina. Melikhovo, 1897. Found in the Collection of State Central Literary Museum, Moscow

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Anton Chekhov, the renowned Russian playwright and short story writer, is captured in various moments throughout his life. Pictured at rehearsals for his masterpiece "Three Sisters, " we see the talented Marianne Faithfull embodying one of Chekhov's iconic characters. In another scene from the play, taken in 1940, a black and white photo transports us back to witness the timeless beauty of Chekhov's work. Born in 1860, Anton Chekhov made an indelible mark on literature with his profound storytelling abilities. His captivating narratives continue to resonate with audiences worldwide. Alongside him stands Olga Knipper-Chekhova, a remarkable Russian theatre actress who brought his words to life on stage. Chekhov's influence extended beyond the realm of theater; he was also known for his close relationships with other literary giants like Leo Tolstoy. A photograph captures them together in Yalta during their meeting in 1900—a rare moment frozen in time. In June 1898, we catch a glimpse of Chekhov at his estate of Melikhovo—his sanctuary where creativity flourished amidst nature's embrace. The image showcases not only his love for writing but also hints at the tranquility that inspired many of his works. The Moscow Art Theatre held a special place in Chekhov's heart as he shared stories with its members—an intimate moment immortalized through photography. This snapshot reflects both camaraderie and dedication to artistic expression. A lithograph portrays Chekhov engrossed in thought—a testament to his commitment as a storyteller who delved deep into human emotions and complexities. His ability to capture universal truths within ordinary lives remains unparalleled even today. Surrounded by relatives and friends within the courtyard of Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street house, Moscow witnessed moments filled with laughter and joy during springtime 1890s—a reminder that Chekhov's literary genius was rooted in the warmth of human connections.