Moscow

Location

Country: Other
City: other locations abroad

This view shows part of the Kremlin and its surrounding walls in Moscow. It was published by Robert Bowyer as an illustration to a book, the full title of which is: ‘An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, during the years 1812, 1813, 1814 & 1815: Comprising a Series of Views of Paris, Moscow, the Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin, the Battles of Leipsic, etc., together with a History of Those Momentous Transactions’. The publication was written by biblical scholar and bibliographer Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780-1862). This engraving, included as a folding plate, was plate 1 of 19.

This was among eight prints bequeathed to the Government Art Collection by Noël Marshall, former Deputy Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1986-89), for display in the British Embassy, Moscow.

Places

Russia, Moscow

Subjects

rowing boat, topography, townscape/cityscape, river, man, woman, soldier, bridge (urban), house, sentry box, church, tower

Materials & Techniques

aquatint, coloured aquatint

Artist

British 19th century unknown

Title

Moscow

Date

published 1814

Medium

Coloured aquatint

Dimensions

height: 38.10 cm, width: 57.50 cm

Acquisition

Bequest of Noel H. Marshall, 2008

Provenance

Bequest of Noel H. Marshall CMG, 2008

GAC number

18241