• Unknown (photographer)
• K.A. Ton (role unspecified)

View of the principal façade of the Khram Khrista Spasitelia (Temple of Christ the Saviour), Moscow

1883 or later

Albumen silver print

comp.: 40.9 x 32.2 cm secondary support: 64.7 x 48.2 cm sheet: 48.1 x 38.4 cm

PH1987:0466

• exterior view

imprinted and dated - in black ink, on the print below the image, l.l.: "MOSKVA. / KHRAM KHRISTA SPASITELYA / SOORUZHAEMYI V PAMIAT' SOBYTII 1812 GODA." [MOSCOW / TEMPLE OF CHRIST THE SAVIOUR / BEING BUILT IN MEMORY OF THE EVENTS OF 1812.]; and l.r.: "MOSCOU. / TEMPLE DE JÉSUS LE SAVEUR / ÉRIGÉ EN MÉMOIRE DES ÉVÈNEMENTS DE 1812." imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the print below the image, l.c.: "No. du negatif 27060."; 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

• church