Photograph of an icon, probably depicting Jesus Christ, at the monastery of Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, Russia. At the centre of the icon is the face of a young man with a beard, his head surrounded by a crown. The background of the icon is decorated to look like a patterned cloth, supported at the two upper corners by angels. There is a caption in Russian below and five small plaques containing text at the bottom of the icon.

This photograph is from an album compiled by Captain Oliver Montagu which contains photographs, newspaper cuttings, ephemera and a diary account by Montagu of the visit to Russia by the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, in 1874. Albert Edward and Alexandra travelled to Russia to attend the wedding of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha) to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, the daughter of Tsar Alexander II. Captain Montagu was a member of the Prince and Princess of Wales's suite.