Rare-Antique Print-KRONSTADT-KOTLIN ISLAND-MILITARY BASE-RUSSIA-Goehring-1855

Rare-Antique Print-KRONSTADT-KOTLIN ISLAND-MILITARY BASE-RUSSIA-Goehring-1855

Print

€110.00

‘KRONSTADT (..).’

– Rare original antique print showing the fortified Russian naval base of Kronstadt on Kotlin Island and its famous defensive sea forts. The bottom caption labels the key defensive structures, including Fort Konstantin, Fort Alexander, Fort Peter, Fort Risbank (Rhein), Fort Menshikov, and Fort Kronslot.

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Description

Medium: Crayon lithograph with original old hand colouring on wove paper.

Sheet size: 24 x 16 cm (9.45 x 6.3 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 14.5 cm. (8.46 x 5.71 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Some browning, staining and light foxing. Small tear in left paper edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

KRONSTADT-KOTLIN ISLAND-MILITARY BASE-RUSSIA-FORT | PCO-MISC-BOX-01

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From: ‘Weltereignisse. Encyclopädie der Gegenwart in Wort und Bild’ von C. Goehring, first ed. 1855. Erster unf zweiter Band (published in 1856). A rare publication.

Biography engraver: Lithographer unknown/to be determined.

Biography artist: Carl Goehring, also Karl Goehring or Carl Gohring (before 1843 – after 1869) was a German Author, publisherer and historian active in Leipzig.

Additional information

Dimensions 16 × 24 × 1 cm

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