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Couple being married in front of a crowd of dignitaries
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JOHN GLEN KING (1732-87)

The rites and ceremonies of the Greek Church in Russia

1772

RCIN 1051871

King was Chaplain to the British Factory, the centre of British trade in St Petersburg. His sympathetic account of the Russian Orthodox Church includes several illustrations, including this view of the iconostasis (the screen of icons) which separates the nave from the sanctuary in an Orthodox church.

Dedicated to, and acquired by, George III.

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