CHARLEMAGNE, Iosif Ivanovich. APPERT. - Lot 92

CHARLEMAGNE, Iosif Ivanovich. APPERT. А.Апперт, по оригиналу И.Шарлеманя. Общий вид Санкт-Петербурга с окрестностями с высоты птичьего полета. [General view of St. Petersburg]. St Petersburg, A. Beggroff, 1861. In plano sheet (69.5 x 99 cm). Aquatint in shades of black on heavy paper (63 x 91 cm), titled at the bottom in Cyrillic (light lateral handling soiling). Superb bird's-eye view of Saint Petersburg by Joseph Charlemagne (1824-1870), superbly engraved in aquatint by Appert, and published by A. Beggrov, supplier to His Majesty's Court in 1861. From a famous family of Russian architects, Joseph Charlemagne (or Joseph-Maria Charlemagne-Baudet or Iossif Iossifovitch Charlemagne) was a painter and architect born and died in St. Petersburg. After graduating from the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, he joined the court as Nikolai Efimov's deputy for the construction of Nicholas I's New Hermitage. A talented academic architect and watercolorist, he is the author of a series of architectural views of St. Petersburg. А.Апперт, по оригиналу И.Шарлеманя. Общий вид Санкт-Петербурга с окрестностями с высоты птичьего полета. Санкт-Петербург, изд.А.Беггрова, поставщика Двора Е.И.Величества. 1861. Литография, лист плотной бумаги. [Russia].