Live Auction 3730Russian Works of Art, Important Silver and Objects of Vertu
A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE RUSSIAN POLYTECHNIC EXHIBITION
Lot 106VARIOUS PROPERTIES

A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE RUSSIAN POLYTECHNIC EXHIBITION

MOSCOW, CIRCA 1872

Closed20 May 2015

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A PORTFOLIO OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE RUSSIAN POLYTECHNIC EXHIBITION
MOSCOW, CIRCA 1872
Rectangular, the folding cloth case tied with red, blue and white ribbon, printed in Russian 'Exhibition of the Imperial Polytechnical Society for the Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography, under the auspices of Moscow University' depicting a view of the exhibition, containing seventy mounted photographs of exterior and interior exhibition spaces, the case and each photograph numbered
16 x 21 in. (40.6 x 53.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, October 27 & 28, 1970, lot 471 (part).

Specialist note

The first All-Russian Polytechnic Exhibition of 1872 was Russia's largest trade show of the nineteenth century. Timed to coincide with the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of Peter I (1672-1725), it showcased advances in the field of industry, agriculture, transportation, military affairs, science, technology and culture. The grand opening on May 30 (June 11) 1872 was attended by Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich (1827-1892) and Moscow Governor-General Prince Dolgoruky (1810–1891), among others. Peter Tchaikovsky wrote a special Cantata for the exhibition opening, which was performed by musicians of the Bolshoi Theater on the Troitsky Bridge of the Kremlin.