Russian art sheet №8.1859 / Rosiiskyi kнudozнnii lystok №8.1859

Two compositions. On the top is a portrait: a full-length, frontal image of an elderly man. The man has a high forehead, wavy hair combed back, sideburns and a mustache, and wears glasses. He is wearing a dark suit and vest unbuttoned at the chest, a white shirt with a high collar, and a white neck scarf. Under the portrait: "Pyotr Ivanovich Sevastyanov". Below is the interior of a religious building with images of archangels and the Mother of God on the walls. In the foreground on the right are a lady in a puffy skirt and fur-trimmed half-coat and an officer, followed by peasants; in the center are a lady in a puffy light dress and a boy (to her right), and on the left, in front of a long table covered with a cloth to the floor, are two priests. To the left is a man leaning against the table with his hand on the corner of it. Behind the table, on the left wall, there is a window, a sculpture in a niche, and an open door to the neighboring room on the right. Below the image: "Public visit to the hall of the Holy Synod, where the .... monasteries are now located. February 1859".
General yellowing of the sheet, traces of iron bacteria. Writings all over the sheet, insect excrement in the upper left corner.