Bidspirit auction | AN ANTIQUE RUSSIAN EMPIRE PHOTOGRAPH

AN ANTIQUE RUSSIAN EMPIRE PHOTOGRAPH 19TH C. - Photo of Archpriest Alexander Gorsky (1812-1875) - Russian church historian and theologian, rector of the Moscow Theological Academy. Made at the end of the 19th century in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra by photographer O. Osipov. On the back, there is a handwritten inscription in Latin letters with the date 1873. Dimensions: 4 x 2 1/2 in., (10 x 6.5 cm.)