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[NAPOLEONICA - RUSSIA]. Memorable Design, and Description of...
Hammer
€450
[NAPOLEONICA - RUSSIA]. Memorable Design, and Description of a Column Formed of Cannons Erected in Moscow... out of the Conquered French Artillery. [c.1812].
scarcecommemorative engraving, with only one recorded appearance at auction, in 2009 (RBH), devoted to the column, 92 braccia high, or approximately 50 metres, erected in Moscow by order of Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825) and constructed from more than 1,200 cannon captured from Napoleon's army following the disastrous retreat from Russia in 1812. The engraving depicts the monumental column formed from the captured French artillery, surrounded by an extensive explanatory text printed in three languages English, Italian and Greek reflecting the intention to disseminate its celebratory message to an international audience.
Engraving (450 × 600 mm). Light staining and foxing. (1)
Hammer
€450
[NAPOLEONICA - RUSSIA]. Memorable Design, and Description of a Column Formed of Cannons Erected in Moscow... out of the Conquered French Artillery. [c.1812].
scarcecommemorative engraving, with only one recorded appearance at auction, in 2009 (RBH), devoted to the column, 92 braccia high, or approximately 50 metres, erected in Moscow by order of Tsar Alexander I (1777-1825) and constructed from more than 1,200 cannon captured from Napoleon's army following the disastrous retreat from Russia in 1812. The engraving depicts the monumental column formed from the captured French artillery, surrounded by an extensive explanatory text printed in three languages English, Italian and Greek reflecting the intention to disseminate its celebratory message to an international audience.
Engraving (450 × 600 mm). Light staining and foxing. (1)
