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Aloupka. – Dessin de Grandsire.
| Article ID | EUO2307 |
Title | Aloupka. – Dessin de Grandsire. |
Description | Beautifully hand-coloured view of the town of Alupka in the south of the Crimean Peninsula. Published by Le Magasin pittoresque, the first extensively illustrated French magazine, which was issued in Paris from 1833 to 1938. |
| Year | ca. 1870 |
Artist | Grandsire |
Historical Description | Alupka a city in Ukraine on the subtropical southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea. Alupka is originally an ancient Greek settlement, the name Alupka being derived from the ancient Greek Alepu 'fox'. It is likely that many foxes were sighted on the site of present-day Alupka. After the Greeks, Alupka became Byzantine. After that Alupka became Tatar. After the Russian conquest of Crimea in 1783 Alupka belonged to the estate of Prince Potyomkin, who was the governor general of New Russia and the lover of Tsarina Catherine the Great. In 1798 in Alupka lived 211 people, mainly state peasants. |
| Place of Publication | Paris |
| Dimensions (cm) | 11,5 x 15 cm |
| Condition | Perfect condition |
| Coloring | colored |
| Technique | Steel engraving |