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Ansicht von Tobolsk am Irtisch.
| Article ID | EUO5787 |
Title | Ansicht von Tobolsk am Irtisch. |
Description | Beautiful hand-colored general view showing Tobolsk and the white Tobolsk Kremlin with its church domes. Below lies the wooden lower town directly on the wide bank of the Irtysh River, with several staffage figures in the foreground. Published by Jean-Baptiste Chappe, after the original drawing by Goldhann. |
| Year | ca. 1840 |
Artist | Blaschke Johann (1770-1833) |
Johann Blaschke (born 1770 in Preßburg, died 1833 in Vienna) was an important Austrian-Hungarian copper engraver and illustrator. | |
Historical Description | Historical view of Tobolsk on the Irtysh River in Western Siberia, Russia. Founded in 1587, the city developed during the 17th and 18th centuries into one of the most important political, military, and commercial centres of the Russian expansion into Siberia. For a time the administrative capital of Siberia, Tobolsk occupied an important position on the trade and communication routes between European Russia and Central and Eastern Siberia. Its most prominent landmark is the Tobolsk Kremlin, dramatically situated on a hill above the Irtysh River. |
| Place of Publication | Vienna |
| Dimensions (cm) | 9,1 x 14,5 cm |
| Condition | Perfect condition |
| Coloring | colored |
| Technique | Steel engraving |