Los 4105

Raoult, Ivan Petrovic
(active 1870-1884)Rural Communities of the Central Russian Empire

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Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Rural Communities of the Central Russian Empire. Circa 1878. 17 albumen prints. Each between ca. 22 x 17 cm and 24,5 x 20 cm or reverse. Each numbered, titled, and dated by another hand in pencil on the verso.

The photographs depict rural communities across central and southwestern provinces of the Russian Empire, including Tula, Orel, Kursk, Tambov, Simbirsk, and Poltava. While some images present posed ethnographic “types,” others situate their subjects within everyday village life, showing men and women resting, gathering, or engaged in seasonal agricultural labor. Traditional costume and vernacular architecture, particularly log-built houses and thatched roofs, firmly locate the scenes within late 19th-century East Slavic peasant culture. – Some handling creases and fading, especially around the edges of the prints; one print with a small tear in lower left corner, one print with an ink stain, otherwise all strong-toned prints in very good condition.