Embroidered Veils, Gift of the Nun Martha, Mother of Tsar…
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Embroidered Veils, Gift of the Nun Martha, Mother of Tsar Mikhail, Makariev Monastery — an early colour photograph by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, taken in 1910 (Volga River Region, MakarʹEvo, (GorʹKovskaiA Oblastʹ)).
Subjects: volga river region, makarʹevo, (gorʹkovskaia oblastʹ), embroidery, religious articles.
Made with his three-exposure colour-separation method on a single glass plate; Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, Library of Congress.
Original Russian caption: Vozdukhi. Dar Inokini Marḟy, materi TSaria Mikhaila Ḟeodorovicha. V Blagovieshchenskoĭ tserkvi. [Makarʹevskīĭ monastyrʹ].
