This is really incredible and beautiful. A current exhibition at the Library of Congress,
The Empire That Was Russia (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/making.html)

Click on the red "Preview Images" button (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/prok:@band(digital+color+rendering+))

Very interesting! Thanks for posting the links Vikki.

Ed