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Russian warriors – Historic Print

Russian warriors, 1947 Feb. — historic photograph
Russian warriors, 1947 Feb.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This picture is a 1947 photographic reproduction of an engraving of Russian warriors taken from a 1557 Vienna edition of Sigismund von Herberstein's account of Muscovy, *Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii*. Herberstein, an Austrian diplomat, made two trips to Moscow in the 1510s and 1520s, and his book was one of the most widely read Western descriptions of Russia in the sixteenth century. Its illustrations, including figures like these soldiers, shaped European ideas about Russian dress, arms, and military life for generations. The caption information on the source card is unverified, so the exact edition and page should be checked before the image is cited.

Created / published1947 Feb.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsEngraving in Herberstain, Moscovia, Vienna, 1557. Ref. copy may be in P&P - The Library of Congress Quarterly of Current Acquisitions, 1847 Feb., oppos. p. 8. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Russia--Hist.--1557; Soldiers.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,381 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157437

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