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Beggars before St. Isaac's – Vintage Wall Art

Beggars before St. Isaac's, [between 1902 and 1917] — historic photograph
Beggars before St. Isaac's, [between 1902 and 1917]. 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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Step back in time with Beggars before St. Isaac's, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Beggars gather on the steps of St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, the Neoclassical church whose gilded dome dominated the city's skyline. Designed by the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand and completed in 1858, the cathedral drew worshippers, tourists and the poor alike, and asking for alms at church doors was a long-standing part of Russian life. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news and documentary photographs made in the early twentieth century, so it offers a glimpse of street life in the imperial capital in the years before 1917.

Created / published[between 1902 and 1917]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,102 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152159

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