Bakhchysarai, Ukraine: Russian soldiers encamped by a river. Tinted lithograph by Lady A. Blackwood, 1857.

  • Blackwood, Alicia, Lady.
Date:
1857
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2136659i
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Description

On the left, a Russian military camp with many tents or stone shelters. On the left, a unit of soldiers drilling with their commandant. In the foreground, a few other soldiers keep guard around the emplacement with bayonets. On the right, the Karatay Mountain is seen

Publication/Creation

[Ventnor, Isle of Wight.] : [publisher not identified] (Bristol : J. Lavars, printer)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with tint plate, with white heightening ; image 24.3 x 35.3 cm

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A Russian encampment at the Balbec, on the road to Batchiserai. Lithog.d from nature by Lady A. B.

References note

J.R. Abbey, Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860, vol. I, London, 1957, pp. 213-214, no. 242.7

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2136659i

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