Shelfmark
Bk.1.06
Author
Title
Panoramic view of St. Petersburg Dedicated by permission to His Imperial Majesty Alexander 1st. Drawn on the spot by J. A. Atkinson from the Observatory of the Academy of Sciences ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Published as the Act directs, by J. A. Atkinson, [1805?].
Physical description
[1], 4 plates ; Fo.
Note
Title details also in French.
Note
Consists of engraved frontispiece of Bronze Horseman, with dedication to Alexander I, plus four plates (hand-coloured etching and aquatint) which form the panorama. Usually presented in a portfolio.
Note
Incomplete: wants frontispiece.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler; Kessler bookplate.
Binding
Four panoramic plates mounted end-on-end on single linen sheet, to form a complete panorama. Stored rolled in 20th century box.
Subject
Saint Petersburg (Russia) Pictorial works Early works to 1800.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng fre
Identifier
B16420