Caption

Russian peasants laying the foundation stone of a French reception center in Saint Petersburg, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Saint-Pétersbourg.-, l'Asile Français.', 1897, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 63 mm x width 108 mm, ceremonial laying of the foundations, laying the first stone, A sepia-toned page with a large semicircular photograph occupying the right center showing a group of people standing on a wooden platform beneath a decorative canopy supported by posts, with trees visible in the background; the people wear dark coats and hats and are arranged in rows along the platform edge, while a few individuals closer to the foreground appear engaged in an activity near some tools or objects on the ground; the page has printed paragraphs of dense body text above, below, and to the left of the photograph, and a short caption line beneath the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A99_128

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Rights managed

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52.5Mb (8.9Mb) / 11.8in x 17.3in / 3536 x 5189 (300dpi)

Keywords

Russian peasants laying foundation stone French reception center Saint Petersburg page photomechanical print inscription Saint-Pétersbourg.- l'Asile Français 1897 paper collotype photoprint height 63 mm x width 108 mm ceremonial laying foundations laying first stone sepia-toned page large semicircular photograph occupying right center showing group people standing wooden platform beneath decorative canopy supported posts trees visible background people wear dark coats hats arranged rows platform edge individuals closer foreground engaged activity near tools objects ground printed paragraphs dense body text left photograph short caption line beneath image