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The new exhibition "Saint Petersburg as Franz Liszt Saw It" pulls Russian lithographs from our collection to show what the capital city would have looked like during the years the great composer and pianist was touring or living there.
https://georgiamuseum.org/exhibit/saint-petersburg-as-franz-liszt-saw-it/
Here's an image of the Theater of Empress Alexandra at the time. Carlo Rossi (1775 – 1849) designed all the neoclassical structures in this view of Saint Petersburg.