Watercolor illustrations from Turkestanskīi al’bom, chast’ arkheologicheskaia, 1871-1872, part 1, vol. 1, by Nikolai V. Bogaevskii (1843-1912) and Aleksandr L. Kun (1840-1888). Tashkent: 1872.

Shown here: 12 watercolor renderings by the Russian artist L.A. Shostak, of architectural details in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Source: Library of Congress

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