• Unknown (photographer)
• O.I. Bove (role unspecified)
• A.A. Mikhailov (role unspecified)

View of the principal façade of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

ca. 1883

Albumen silver print

comp.: 31.5 x 41.3 cm secondary support: 47.4 x 64.1 cm sheet: 40.2 x 47.4 cm

PH1987:0464

• exterior view

imprinted and dated - in black ink, on the print below the image, l.l.: "MOSKVA. / BOL'SHOI IMPERATORSKII TEATR. / Postroen v 1824 godu Arkhitektorom Bove i vozobnovlen v 1856 godu / Arkhitektorom Kavosom posle pozhara 1853 goda." [MOSCOW. / BOLSHOI IMPERIAL THEATRE. / Built in 1824 by the Architect Bove and renovated by the Architect Cavos after the fire of 1853.]; and l.r.: "MOSCOU. / LE GRAND THÉATRE IMPÉRIALE / Bâtie en 1824 par l'Architecte Bauvet et renouvelé en 1856 / par l'Architecte Cavos, après l'incendie de 1853." imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the print below the image, l.c.: "No. du negatif 27607."; and with the royal seal comprised of a two-headed eagle with a crown and "Russkaya Fotografiia / v Moskve. / na Volkhonke dom Kir'iakova." [Russian Photography / in Moscow. / in Volkhonka Kir'iakov's house.] imprinted - in black ink, on the secondary support, b.: "Photographie Russe à Moscou."

Moscow; Russia (Federation);

• architecture

• theatre