Khudozhestvenno-fotograf¯icheskii al'bom russk¯iia drevnosti i pamiatnikov pravoslav¯iia Kholmsko-Podliashskoi Rusi (Liublinskoi i Siedletskoi gub.)

Collection History

The Library acquired the majority of the albums in this digital presentation during the early 1930s. Many were originally part of Romanov palace libraries nationalized by the Soviet government and sold abroad for hard currency.

Background

Subjects include Russian Orthodox churches, monasteries, and ecclesiastical art; views of cities, as well as small provincial towns; secular architecture; tsarist- and Soviet-era political exiles; and the diverse peoples of the Russian Empire. A number of albums include portraits of the Tsar or the imperial family; state occasions, military maneuvers, and relaxation at the imperial hunting lodge are all depicted. Represented as well are military operations, particularly during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Russian Revolutionary-era photos are extensive, ranging from the immediate aftermath of the February Revolution, to the Stalinist period.

Many of the imperial association albums-that is, those presented as gifts to the royal family-are of superior technical and artistic quality, and in several cases mounted in bindings that are themselves works of art, incorporating silver, wood, and other decorative elements.

Related Resources

Hee-Gwone Yoo."Holdings of rare photographs and plate books at the Slavic and Baltic Division of The New York Public Library." Rosia yongu (Russian Studies), vol. 12, no. 1 (2002): [323]-332.

Collection Data

Names
Gerbachevskii, Feodor, sviashchennik (Photographer)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1891
Place: Varshava
Publisher: Feodor Gorbachevskīĭ
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: Slav. Reserve (Photo) (Gerbachevskii. Khudozhestvenno-fotograficheskii albom)
Topics
Religious articles
Podlasie (Poland : Region) -- Antiquities
Russka︠i︡a pravoslavna︠i︡a ︠t︡serkov -- Poland
Genres
Books
Photographs
Notes
Ownership: "Wormser May 3, 1945"
Physical Description
Extent: [60] photographs on 56 leaves : ill. ; 40 cm.
Binding, contemporary, of purple velvet, with white moire silk doublure; full gilt edges; with border and stamped in gold on cover.
Stamp of A. Kantor, Perepletchik, v Varshave; library location marker reads: shkaf 12, polka I., No. 24-187.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17051299
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ce34a130-c6f3-012f-2f1d-3c075448cc4b
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