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Riga's Social Diversity Through DressJohann Christoph Brotze
This drawing (1770-90) by Brotze, a German scholar active in Riga, records the city’s multiethnic society under the Russian Empire. Depicted (from left to right) are Latvian and German maids, a Russian lemon seller, a Russian trader, a Latvian nanny, and a stonemason’s apprentice. Brotze’s meticulous observation turns social diversity into historical record.
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