Detail of the West Wall of the Cathedral of the Nativity of…

Sergey Prokudin-gorsky • 1912 • Volga River Region, Suzdal

Detail of the West Wall of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the…, Volga River Region, Suzdal, 1912

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Detail of the West Wall of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, Suzdal — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1912 (Volga River Region, Suzdal).

Subjects: suzdal, volga river region, windows, architectural decorations & ornaments, cathedrals.

Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.

Original Russian caption: Detalʹ zapadnoĭ stieny Sobora Rozhdestva Khristova. [t.e. Kafedralʹnyĭ Sobor Rozhdestva Presviatoĭ Bogoroditsy]. [Suzdalʹ].