
Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, 1852 #1

by Getty Research Institute
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Kremlin, Moscow, Russia, 1852 #1
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Getty Research Institute
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Photograph - Photograph
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"South Front of the Kremlin from the Old Bridge," a view of the Great Palace of the Kremlin across the Moscow River, taken by Roger Fenton (English, 1819-1869) in 1852. The octagonal bell tower of Ivan the Great rises just above and to the right. Fenton, who had taken up photography a few months earlier, traveled to Russia with an acquaintance who was constructing a bridge for Czar Nicholas I. This image is one of the earliest surviving photographs of Russia.
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April 3rd, 2014
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