Portrait of Alexander von Poehl (Wikimedia Commons, File:Пель.jpg)

Archive record for the actor portrait. The Wikimedia Commons file (File:Пель.jpg, 2010 x 2490 px, Public domain) describes the subject as 'Александр Васильевич Пель (1850-1908), петербургский аптекарь, фармацевт, химик' (Alexander Vasilievich Pel, 1850-1908, St. Petersburg pharmacist and chemist). Date: the Commons record dates the file only as 'before 1908'; the year 1900 on this source and the linked Media entity is a representative value within that bound, consistent with the 'circa 1900' dating of a companion Commons portrait of Poehl (File:Poehl Alexander.jpg), and is not an exact archival date. Identification basis: the Commons record names the subject as the chemist Alexander Vasilievich Pel; this is distinct from the architect Alexander Khristoforovich Pel (1809-1902), whose Commons portraits are separate files, so the portrait is not at risk of the common Poehl/Pel name conflation. Provenance: this is a Commons-hosted reproduction of a period portrait; a dated search on 30 May 2026 of the four supported institutional archives (Wellcome Collection, Library of Congress, BnF/Gallica, and the Wikimedia Commons gateway) returned no institutional holding record for this specific portrait, so the Commons record is the best available provenance (accepted residual). Rights read from the Commons file record (LicenseShortName 'Public domain').