Photo of a group of chief officers of Infantry and Cavalry units of the Russian Imperial Army with mourning bands.

Russian Empire, France. Brothers de Jongh (De Jongh frères).1890s.
15 x 23 cm.
Number "63.726" on the bottom left. Rectangular stamp of J. Kuhn's photo studio “Photographies J. Kuhn / 220, rue de Rivoli, Paris” and a pencil inscription in French “63.726 Grenadiers de la Garde [unreadable]” on the reverse side.

The photo was published in the book The Russian Army in photographs by the De Jong brothers / text and historical commentary by P. Kamen D'Almeid and the Zhong brothers [L'Armee Russe d'apres photographies instantanees executees / par MM. de Jongh Freres (Neuilly-Paris); Texte et Notice historiques par MM. P. Camena d'Almeida et F. Jongh. In fr. language]. Paris: V. Lavallee Editeur; Typ. Lemercier, Not dated. [1896], p. 81.

The brothers de Jong (De Jongh frères) are photographers Edouard and Francis de Jong, who had a workshop in Neuilly-sur-Seine since 1879. The brothers worked in various European countries including Russia where they had taken many photographs of the Russian Imperial Army.

J. Kuhn was active in Paris from 1885 with his company "Compagnie Photographique", located at the fashionable Rue de Rivoli 170-174-220. He used the dry plate-process. He was photographer of the Duke d' Orléans in 1890. Kuhn was hugely productive as a publisher: prints, cartes stereo, stereoscopes, furthermore books, pictures of various countries and celebrities. He was mentioned in the trade almanac Didot-Bottin in 1891.