Visit to Russia by the French Delegation... - Lot 131 - Rossini

Visit to Russia by the French Delegation to the International Penitentiary Congress Lively scenes, sites and views : Saint Petersburg - Peterhof - Finland - Moscow St. Petersburg: "Nevsky Prospect", "The Armoury and Penitentiary Exhibition", "Members of the French delegation", "The City Hall", "Equestrian Statue of Peter the Great", "The Winter Palace", Statue of Emperor Nicholas I", "The Admiralty", "Palace Bridge", "A pyroscaphe landing stage", "The tip of Elaguine Island as seen from Félicien's", "Departure pier for Finland", "The Hôtel de France", "Correctional colony for young people", "The French delegation". "Correctional colony for young men": "Living quarters for a group of young inmates", "Guard staff at the Penitentiary Exhibition". Peterhof: "The Imperial Palace", "The Canal", "The House of Peter the Great", Finland: "Viborg Castle", "Imatra Rapids", "Shelter by the waterfall", Helsingfors: "Helsingfors, overview of the city", "Congress participants at Soernaes Central House". Moscow: "Lubyanka Square", "Part of the city taken from the Kremlin", "St. Basil's Basilica", "The Kremlin and the Imperial Palace", "The Red Staircase", "The Kremlin, the Tower of Ivan the Terrible", "The Vasily Tower", "Bolchevo Correctional Asylum" ... December 1890 From 9 x 6 cm to 16.5 x 22 cm approx: 57 albumen prints, typed captions on album pages