Young Vladimir Nabokov in a Light-Colored Jacket

Darrin Baines · 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z

This original portrait photograph depicts a young Vladimir Nabokov wearing a light-colored jacket and open-collared shirt. Nabokov was a Russian-born novelist, poet, translator, literary scholar, and lepidopterist who would later gain international recognition through works such as *Lolita*, *Pale Fire*, and *Speak, Memory*. The image captures him during his early adulthood, before he emerged as one of the most influential literary figures of the twentieth century. The portrait provides a historical record of the future author during a formative period of his life.