Photo by F. Opitz, Moscow, Russia, ca. 1890
16.2 х 10.8 cm
Autographed on the back: “To dear Lubochka Travlyushka. Vl. Markovnikov” to Lubov Aristidovna Travlo (m. Engelkrohn).
Vladimir Vasilievich MARKOVNIKOV (1838 - 1904) was a Russian chemist, founder of a new school of thought renown for Markovnikov’s rule, and one of the founders of Russian Chemistry Society in 1868.