• Unknown (photographer)

View of Moscow from an elevated viewpoint showing the Kremlin in the background

ca. 1883

Albumen silver print

comp.: 31.5 x 41.2 cm secondary support: 46.9 x 64.1 cm sheet: 38.9 x 47.6 cm

PH1987:0478

• exterior view

imprinted - in black ink, on the print below the image, l.l.: "MOSKVA. / VID NA KREML' IZ PAVILIONA "RUSSKOI FOTOGRAFII"." [MOSCOW. / VIEW OF THE KREMLIN FROM THE "RUSSIAN PHOTOGRAPHY" PAVILION.]; and l.r.: "MOSCOU. / VUE DU CREMLIN PRISE DU PAVILLON DE LA "PHOTOGRAPHIE RUSSE"." imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the print below the image, l.c.: "No. du negatif 24323."; 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

• palace
• bell tower
• water tower
• curtain wall (fortification element)
• towers (single built works)