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Conflagration Of Moscow, Seen From The Kremlin, On the entrance of the French Army the 14.th September, 1812; the view taken on the spot by John Vendramini.
London. Published November 5.th 1812, by the Proprietor.
Scarce aquatint with hand colour, 390 x 530mm (15½ x 21"). Tears going into image repaired with tape. Puncture in image. Wormhole in image. Small margins.
View of the 1812 Fire of Moscow; three officers on horseback occupy the central foreground, with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower to the left, and in the distance fire and smoke billow from behind churches and other buildings. On 14 September, during the French invasion of Russia, Napoleon led an army of about 100,000 into Moscow, only to find the city abandoned and deliberately set aflame by its military governor, Fyodor Rostopchin.
[Ref: 67027] £320.00
London. Published November 5.th 1812, by the Proprietor.
Scarce aquatint with hand colour, 390 x 530mm (15½ x 21"). Tears going into image repaired with tape. Puncture in image. Wormhole in image. Small margins.
View of the 1812 Fire of Moscow; three officers on horseback occupy the central foreground, with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower to the left, and in the distance fire and smoke billow from behind churches and other buildings. On 14 September, during the French invasion of Russia, Napoleon led an army of about 100,000 into Moscow, only to find the city abandoned and deliberately set aflame by its military governor, Fyodor Rostopchin.
[Ref: 67027] £320.00