# Visual Materials — «Христианское учение» (The Christian Teaching)

**Work:** The Christian Teaching (Христианское учение), written 1894–96; first published by V. G. Chertkov abroad, 1898.
**Intensity:** light (abstract treatise — keystone images + a few per major entity).
**Channels consulted:** local `primary-sources/` (tolstoydigital-TEI timeline images, jubilee-edition); Wikimedia Commons API (`generator=search` + `titles`, `prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url|extmetadata|size`); Internet Archive item `christianteachin01tols` (the source of the Commons first-edition PDF).
**Date of sweep:** 2026-06-13

**Summary:** 9 PD images downloaded into `visuals/` (git-ignored). 1 keystone photo of Tolstoy in the exact composition year (1896), 2 Repin works, 2 Chertkov portraits, the daughter/copyist Tatyana, and the 1898 first-edition title page + copyright page + LoC deposit-stamp page. The manuscript facsimile (2154 leaves, GTM/RGB) is documented-only, not downloadable. Evgeny Popov: no PD image found — skipped per brief.

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## Items

| id | type | subject | relatedEntity | holding | url | access | rights | licence | usable | localPath | note |
|----|------|---------|---------------|---------|-----|--------|--------|---------|--------|-----------|------|
| V01 | photograph | **Leo Tolstoy, bust portrait, 1896** (Шерер, Набгольц и Ко, Moscow) | Tolstoy (author) | State Tolstoy Museum (GTM) → Wikimedia Commons | [Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9_%28%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%86%2C_1896%29.jpg) | open | PD-old (photo 1896; studio Scherer & Nabholz) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-tolstoy-scherer-nabgolts-1896.jpg` | **KEYSTONE.** Dated 1896 — dead centre of the 1894–96 composition window. Studio photograph, Moscow. GTM catalogue credit (vm1.culture.ru/…/catalog/0003600084). Best possible portrait for this work. Original 1975×3000; downloaded at width 1200. |
| V02 | portrait | Leo Tolstoy, oil portrait, 1887 (Ilya Repin) | Tolstoy (author) | Tretyakov Gallery → Wikimedia Commons | [Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilya_Efimovich_Repin_(1844-1930)_-_Portrait_of_Leo_Tolstoy_(1887).jpg) | open | PD-old-100 (Repin d.1930; work 1887) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-repin-tolstoy-1887.jpg` | The canonical Repin seated portrait, 1887 — seven years before composition; the standard "Tolstoy the thinker" image. Original 1200×1711. |
| V03 | portrait | "Tolstoy Ploughing" / Л. Н. Толстой на пашне, 1887 (Ilya Repin) | Tolstoy (author) | Tretyakov Gallery → Wikimedia Commons | [Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolstoy_ploughing.jpg) | open | PD-old-100 (Repin d.1930; work 1887) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-repin-tolstoy-ploughing-1887.jpg` | Repin's field study — the iconic image of Tolstoy's manual-labour / simple-life ideal, thematically close to the treatise's ethic. Original 1784×1200. Optional / atmosphere. |
| V04 | portrait | Vladimir G. Chertkov, portrait, 1890s (Ilya Repin) | Chertkov (editor & first publisher) | Wikimedia Commons | [Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Repin_Vladimir_Chertkov.jpg) | open | PD-old (Repin d.1930; dated 1890s) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-chertkov-repin-1890s.jpg` | **KEYSTONE for the genesis figure.** Repin portrait dated to the 1890s — contemporaneous with Chertkov's role editing/publishing the work. Original is only 564×763 (full file); downloaded at native size. |
| V05 | photograph | Vladimir G. Chertkov, photograph, 1883 (А. Ф. Эйхенвальд) | Chertkov (editor & first publisher) | tolstoy.ru → Wikimedia Commons | [Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Chertkov.jpg) | open | PD-old (photo 1883) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-chertkov-photo-1883.jpg` | Alternate (photographic) Chertkov portrait, 1883 — a few years before the work but a clear documentary photo. Original 322×479; small. Secondary to V04. |
| V06 | title-page | **«The Christian Teaching» — 1898 first edition title page** ("BY LYOF N. TOLSTOÏ / TRANSLATED BY V. TCHERTKOFF / NEW YORK / FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY / 1898") | Tolstoy (first publication) + Chertkov (translator) | Library of Congress → Internet Archive `christianteachin01tols` → Commons PDF | [Commons PDF](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Christian_teaching_(IA_christianteachin01tols).pdf) · [IA item](https://archive.org/details/christianteachin01tols) | open | PD-US (pub. 1898) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-christian-teaching-1898-titlepage.jpg` | **KEYSTONE first edition.** The US co-edition (Stokes / Knickerbocker Press, NY, 1898), same year as the London Brotherhood Publishing Co. edition; Chertkov named on the title page as translator. Title page = leaf 9 of the IA scan; extracted as single 1345×2203 JPG. |
| V07 | title-page | 1898 first edition — copyright page ("COPYRIGHT, 1898 BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY", LoC "AUG 19 1898" stamp) | Tolstoy (first publication) | LoC → IA `christianteachin01tols` | [IA item](https://archive.org/details/christianteachin01tols) | open | PD-US (pub. 1898) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-christian-teaching-1898-copyright.jpg` | Verso of title page (IA leaf 10). Documents the 1898 publication year + Knickerbocker Press imprint + LoC copyright stamp. Provenance companion to V06. |
| V08 | title-page | 1898 first edition — Library of Congress deposit stamp page ("OCT 7 1898 · Library of Congress") | Tolstoy (first publication) | LoC → IA `christianteachin01tols` | [IA item](https://archive.org/details/christianteachin01tols) | open | PD-US (pub. 1898) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-christian-teaching-1898-loc-stamp.jpg` | Half-title verso (IA leaf 6) with the LoC "OCT 7 1898" deposit stamp — extra dating provenance. Optional; keep V06 as the primary title-page image. |
| V09 | photograph | Tatyana L. Tolstaya (later Sukhotina-Tolstaya), aged 19 (~1883) | Tatyana Tolstaya (daughter, copyist of the manuscript) | Wikimedia Commons | [Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatyana_Sukhotina-Tolstaya_19_years.jpg) | open | PD-old (unknown photographer, pre-1910) | PD | true | `visuals/commons-tatyana-tolstaya-19yo.jpg` | The daughter who copied/transcribed for the work. Earliest clearly-PD young portrait on Commons; ~1883, somewhat before composition but the best PD option. Original 937×1011. Secondary. |
| V10 | manuscript | Manuscript of «Христианское учение» — 2154 leaves (per PSS Tom 39 commentary) | Tolstoy (text genesis) | **GTM** (State L. N. Tolstoy Museum, Moscow) / **RGB** (Russian State Library) manuscript dept. | not online (request via GTM: tolstoymuseum.ru / culture.ru catalogue) | restricted | rights-reserved / digitisation not publicly licensed | unknown | false | — | **NOT DOWNLOADED — documented only.** No facsimile of this work's manuscript exists on Wikimedia Commons or IA (searched both). A real facsimile would have to be requested from GTM or RGB; rights are not open. Record as a GAP / needsReview. The PSS Tom 39 scholarly text (local `extracts/v39_117_191_Hristianskoe_uchenie.txt`) is the functional substitute for the text itself. |

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## Local primary-sources check

Searched `primary-sources/` (6,891 image files). Relevant hits, all from `primary-sources/tolstoydigital-TEI/images/timeline_*` (sourced from tolstoy.ru / GTM, **rights uncertain — not used, documented only**):

| local file | subject | rights status | decision |
|------------|---------|---------------|----------|
| `tolstoydigital-TEI/images/timeline_tolstoy_life/198_Znakomstvo_s_V.G._Chertkovym.jpg` | Tolstoy meeting Chertkov | unknown (tolstoy.ru timeline asset) | not used — prefer Commons-PD V04/V05 with clean licence |
| `tolstoydigital-TEI/images/timeline_tolstoy_life/247_Vysylka_V.G._Chertkova_v_Angliju.jpg` | Chertkov's expulsion to England (1897) | unknown | documented only — relevant to genesis (Chertkov publishes abroad) but rights unclear |
| `tolstoydigital-TEI/images/timeline_voskresenie/vos-Tolstoy-Chertkov-1909.jpeg` | Tolstoy & Chertkov, 1909 | unknown | not used — post-dates the work; Commons V04/V05 preferred |

No local image carries a clear open licence, so all keystones were taken from Wikimedia Commons (clean PD provenance) instead.

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## Provenance & licence block (YAML-ish)

```yaml
visuals:
  - id: V01
    type: photograph
    subject: "Leo Tolstoy, bust portrait, 1896"
    relatedEntity: Tolstoy
    role: keystone-author
    holding: "State Tolstoy Museum (GTM) → Wikimedia Commons"
    creator: "Шерер, Набгольц и Ко (Scherer, Nabholz & Co.)"
    date: 1896
    url: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Лев_Толстой_(Шерер_и_Набгольц,_1896).jpg"
    licence: PD          # PD-old; LicenseShortName=Public domain
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-tolstoy-scherer-nabgolts-1896.jpg"
    note: "Dated 1896 — exact composition year. GTM catalogue 0003600084."
  - id: V02
    type: portrait
    subject: "Leo Tolstoy, oil portrait, 1887"
    relatedEntity: Tolstoy
    holding: "Tretyakov Gallery → Wikimedia Commons"
    creator: "Ilya Repin"
    date: 1887
    url: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilya_Efimovich_Repin_(1844-1930)_-_Portrait_of_Leo_Tolstoy_(1887).jpg"
    licence: PD
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-repin-tolstoy-1887.jpg"
  - id: V03
    type: portrait
    subject: "Tolstoy Ploughing, 1887"
    relatedEntity: Tolstoy
    holding: "Tretyakov Gallery → Wikimedia Commons"
    creator: "Ilya Repin"
    date: 1887
    url: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tolstoy_ploughing.jpg"
    licence: PD
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-repin-tolstoy-ploughing-1887.jpg"
    note: "Optional / atmosphere — manual-labour ideal."
  - id: V04
    type: portrait
    subject: "Vladimir G. Chertkov, 1890s"
    relatedEntity: Chertkov
    role: keystone-genesis
    holding: "Wikimedia Commons"
    creator: "Ilya Repin"
    date: "1890s"
    url: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Repin_Vladimir_Chertkov.jpg"
    licence: PD
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-chertkov-repin-1890s.jpg"
    note: "Contemporaneous with his editor/publisher role. Native 564x763."
  - id: V05
    type: photograph
    subject: "Vladimir G. Chertkov, 1883"
    relatedEntity: Chertkov
    holding: "tolstoy.ru → Wikimedia Commons"
    creator: "А. Ф. Эйхенвальд"
    date: 1883
    url: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Chertkov.jpg"
    licence: PD
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-chertkov-photo-1883.jpg"
    note: "Alternate photographic Chertkov. Small (322x479)."
  - id: V06
    type: title-page
    subject: "The Christian Teaching — 1898 first edition title page"
    relatedEntity: [Tolstoy, Chertkov]
    role: keystone-first-edition
    holding: "Library of Congress → Internet Archive christianteachin01tols → Commons PDF"
    publisher: "Frederick A. Stokes Company (Knickerbocker Press), New York, 1898"
    date: 1898
    url: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Christian_teaching_(IA_christianteachin01tols).pdf"
    iaItem: "https://archive.org/details/christianteachin01tols"
    licence: PD          # PD-US, published 1898
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-christian-teaching-1898-titlepage.jpg"
    note: "Chertkov named on title page as translator. IA leaf 9. US co-edition, same year as London Brotherhood edition."
  - id: V07
    type: title-page
    subject: "1898 first edition — copyright page"
    relatedEntity: Tolstoy
    holding: "LoC → IA christianteachin01tols"
    date: 1898
    url: "https://archive.org/details/christianteachin01tols"
    licence: PD
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-christian-teaching-1898-copyright.jpg"
    note: "Copyright 1898 + LoC AUG 19 1898 stamp. Provenance companion to V06."
  - id: V08
    type: title-page
    subject: "1898 first edition — LoC deposit-stamp page"
    relatedEntity: Tolstoy
    holding: "LoC → IA christianteachin01tols"
    date: 1898
    url: "https://archive.org/details/christianteachin01tols"
    licence: PD
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-christian-teaching-1898-loc-stamp.jpg"
    note: "Half-title verso, OCT 7 1898 LoC stamp. Optional."
  - id: V09
    type: photograph
    subject: "Tatyana L. Tolstaya, aged 19 (~1883)"
    relatedEntity: Tatyana Tolstaya
    holding: "Wikimedia Commons"
    creator: "unknown (pre-1910)"
    date: "~1883"
    url: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatyana_Sukhotina-Tolstaya_19_years.jpg"
    licence: PD
    usable: true
    downloaded: true
    localPath: "visuals/commons-tatyana-tolstaya-19yo.jpg"
    note: "Daughter/copyist. Earliest PD young portrait; secondary."
  - id: V10
    type: manuscript
    subject: "Manuscript of «Христианское учение» — 2154 leaves"
    relatedEntity: Tolstoy
    holding: "GTM (State Tolstoy Museum) / RGB manuscript dept."
    url: "https://tolstoymuseum.ru/  (request) ; https://www.culture.ru/  (GTM catalogue)"
    licence: unknown
    usable: false
    downloaded: false
    localPath: null
    note: "NOT DOWNLOADED. No facsimile on Commons or IA (searched). Request from GTM/RGB; rights not open. needsReview / GAP. PSS Tom 39 (local v39_117_191_*.txt) is the text substitute."
notFound:
  - "Evgeny I. Popov — no PD image on Wikimedia Commons (search returned nothing). Skipped per brief."
```

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## Notes

- **Keystones:** V01 (Tolstoy 1896 photo — exact composition year), V04 (Chertkov, 1890s Repin — the genesis figure), V06 (1898 first-edition title page naming Chertkov as translator). These three alone carry the dive.
- **First edition — actually found (better than expected).** The brief warned this would be hard; in fact the full 1898 first edition is on Commons/IA as a PD scan (`christianteachin01tols`), so the real title page (V06), copyright page (V07) and LoC deposit stamp (V08) were all extractable. This is the **US Stokes co-edition (New York, 1898)** — published the same year as the London Brotherhood Publishing Co. edition; both name Chertkov. A separate Russian «Христианское учение» (Purleigh, 1898) title page was **not** located in open repositories — record as needsReview if the Russian title page is specifically wanted.
- **Manuscript (V10):** confirmed not freely available. Documented provenance + request path only; `usable:false`, `needsReview`. Do not download.
- **Popov:** no PD image; skipped (brief said skip if no obvious PD hit).
- **Local images:** the tolstoydigital-TEI timeline assets that match (Chertkov, his 1897 expulsion to England, Tolstoy+Chertkov) are rights-uncertain (tolstoy.ru/GTM web assets) — documented but not used in favour of clean-PD Commons files.
- **Downloads:** 9 files in `visuals/` (git-ignored, safe for local embedding). All PD. Photos fetched via `Special:FilePath?width=1200`; first-edition pages via IA `christianteachin01tols` page service at full leaf resolution (1345×2203).
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