Collection of 1812 War prints donated to the Tver Local History Museum
The Tver Local History Museum has received a donation of 34 prints on the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars. The press service of the Tver regional government reported it, and I think it is good news for anyone who cares about old printed graphics.
The donor is Mikhail Karisalov, an industrialist, collector and patron. He has collected engravings and lithographs on Russia's war with Napoleon for a long time, and decided to hand the collection to the museum because the region has a historical link to the events of 1812. Aleksandr Avdeyev, former Russian Minister of Culture and ambassador to France and the Vatican, helped him choose the materials. According to the report, Avdeyev owns one of the best private collections of prints on Russian-French relations.
The sheets date from the first half and the middle of the 19th century. Their makers are French, Polish and Russian engravers. The masters named include François and Jules Couché, Jean Réville, Adolphe-Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Pierre Girardet, Jean-Louis Langlois, Adrien Ladurner and Auguste Ober. The subjects range from the crossing of the Neman and the Battle of Borodino, through the fighting at Smolensk, Polotsk, Maloyaroslavets and Pultusk and the crossing of the Berezina, to the burning of Moscow, the French army's retreat, the meetings of Alexander I and Napoleon at Tilsit and Erfurt, and the entry of the allied monarchs into Paris on 31 March 1814. The report does not say which techniques were used for each sheet.
No major battles took place in Tver Province, but it contributed to the victory: the Tver militia was formed there and defended Moscow. What I find most interesting is that such prints once worked as news in pictures, and now they will become part of the region's permanent history.
Source: МК в Твери
The donor is Mikhail Karisalov, an industrialist, collector and patron. He has collected engravings and lithographs on Russia's war with Napoleon for a long time, and decided to hand the collection to the museum because the region has a historical link to the events of 1812. Aleksandr Avdeyev, former Russian Minister of Culture and ambassador to France and the Vatican, helped him choose the materials. According to the report, Avdeyev owns one of the best private collections of prints on Russian-French relations.
The sheets date from the first half and the middle of the 19th century. Their makers are French, Polish and Russian engravers. The masters named include François and Jules Couché, Jean Réville, Adolphe-Jean-Baptiste Bayot, Pierre Girardet, Jean-Louis Langlois, Adrien Ladurner and Auguste Ober. The subjects range from the crossing of the Neman and the Battle of Borodino, through the fighting at Smolensk, Polotsk, Maloyaroslavets and Pultusk and the crossing of the Berezina, to the burning of Moscow, the French army's retreat, the meetings of Alexander I and Napoleon at Tilsit and Erfurt, and the entry of the allied monarchs into Paris on 31 March 1814. The report does not say which techniques were used for each sheet.
No major battles took place in Tver Province, but it contributed to the victory: the Tver militia was formed there and defended Moscow. What I find most interesting is that such prints once worked as news in pictures, and now they will become part of the region's permanent history.
Source: МК в Твери
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