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The album with original photographs of the late XIX century , which belonged to L. Lagorio. 31 x 22.5 . 27 sheets ( 54 pages ) . Calico .

The album is glued 93 photos taken in St. Petersburg and the surrounding area. This is a photograph of the LF Lagorio the easel , views of St. Petersburg ( Neva Palace Embankment , Rabbit and Krestovskiy Islands) , Gulf of Finland, Imatra Falls , Krasnitsa rivers and other natural features of the St. Petersburg and Vyborg provinces , there the holiday villages and other populated places ( Gorska , Zhernovka , Kamenka, Lahti , Lisy Nos Protasovka , Siverskaya Sestroreck ), part of which later became part of St. Petersburg. On a number of shots were sealed vessels , in particular, there are several photos of the training ship "Herald " in different ways. A few more shots depict artists making sketches . Under the majority of shots are signed in pencil.

Photos for the most part (63 of 93) - medium-sized ( 12 x 17 ), 19 images (portrait Lagorio , types of Hare Island , Gulf of Finland, Lahti , Lisy Nos , forest Siverskaya , dachas in the Mountain and Lisy Nos , photography ' Bulletin " , etc.) - large format (16 x 21 ), 11 - reduced (8.5 x 11 and 10.5 x 12). Prints of photographs as a rule - a clear, contrasting . Three photos (portrait Lagorio, view Hare Island and the moonlit night on the Gulf of Finland ) are damaged and require restoration. Hardcover - with scuffed, the spine has a loss.

The album contains a rich iconographic material of interest to historians and local historians who study the history of St. Petersburg and its environs , and for art historians. Places depicted in the photographs, inspired many artists of the time , including the very Lagorio ( Lahti wrote in his Medal job "View of Lahti in the vicinity of St. Petersburg" 1850 , now - in the Donetsk Regional Museum of Art ) and II Shishkin ( Work and relax in Lisy Nos , Siverskaya , Sestrorezk , etc.) . A number of images have direct parallels in the work of Shishkin . The high artistic level of the picture, and lets talk about the value of the album to the researchers of history of Russian photography .

The illustrations : 1) LF Lagorio ; 2 ) Giving Lagorio in Lisy Nos , 3) with a view of the Neva River at the Palace Embankment and the Winter Palace , and 4) with a view of the Neva River to Rabbit Island and Paul Fortress , 5-7) Tony mansion and a bridge to the island of MaxMara , 8) Gulf of Finland , 9) training vessel "Bulletin" , 10) training and artillery detachment in the Gulf of Finland, 11) coast of Finland , 12) pine forest in the vicinity of St. Petersburg , 13 ) Lisy Nos , 14 ) chapel in memory of Peter I salvation of perishing in Lahti , 15 ) giving to the Mountain .

The album is in Kiev. For more photos and a price offer , please contact the PM.