a rare, unusually large portrait of one of Russia`s most famous writers, from the photographs taken for the 1880 album Portrait Gallery of Russian Literateurs, Scientists and Artists; signed, inscribed Saint Petersburg, dated March 1879 on card mount; overall: 32.5 x 23.5 cm (12 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.), by the studio of Konstantin Shapiro, Saint Petersburg