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Photograph album of Moscow and St Petersburg Sep 1856
Red leather album containing albumen prints | 45.2 x 39.8 x 2.8 cm (album) | RCIN 2945143
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Red leather album containing 19 albumen photographs taken by Corporal J Mack during the coronation celebrations of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Mack was part of the British delegation led by Lord Granville. The photographs show buildings in Moscow and St Petersburg including the Winter Palace, the Kremlin and St Basil's Cathedral. The album also includes photographs of sailors and servants on board HMS St Jean d'Acre, which transported Lord Granville and his suite to Russia, and groups of Russians of different ethnicities. RCINs 2945144 - 2945162.
Provenance
Presented to Queen Victoria by Lord Panmure (later known as Lord Dalhousie) in November 1856
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Medium and techniques
Red leather album containing albumen prints
Measurements
45.2 x 39.8 x 2.8 cm (album)
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