Tamara Talbot Rice

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Tamara Talbot Rice was a Russian then English art historian, writing on Byzantine, Russian, and Central Asian art. Tamara Talbot Rice was born Elena Abelson, to Louisa Elizabeth ("Lifa") Vilenkin and Israel Boris Abelevich Abelson, the latter a businessman and member of the Czar's financial administration. Leo Tolstoy was her godfather. Elena lived a privileged childhood in St. Petersburg, Russia, initially attending Tagantzeva Girls' School. The Russian Revolution of 1917 prompted her family to move to England, and she completed her schooling, first at Cheltenham Ladies' College and then at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, England. In 1927 she married the English art historian David Talbot Rice, and spent much time travelling abroad with him on archaeological digs; they both published under the surname Talbot Rice, but are often referred to as "Talbot-Rice" or "Rice". She was a close friend of Evelyn Waugh and formed part of the *Brideshead Revisited Circle*. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Talbot_Rice)

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Tamara
Representative edition published 1996
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Icons Art and Devotion
Representative edition published 1990
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Everyday life in Byzantium
Representative edition published 1987
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Elizabeth, Empress of Russia
Representative edition published 1970
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Byzantium
Representative edition published 1969
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Czars and czarinas of Russia
Representative edition published 1968
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Ancient arts of Central Asia
Representative edition published 1965
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Finding out about the early Russians
Representative edition published 1964
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Russian icons
Representative edition published 1963
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A concise history of Russian art
Representative edition published 1963
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The Seljuks
Representative edition published 1961
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The Seljuks in Asia Minor
Representative edition published 1961
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The Scythians
Representative edition published 1957
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Russian art
Representative edition published 1949
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Die Seldschuken
Representative edition published 1963
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Icons
Representative edition published 1959
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russian art
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