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Image number: RS.10602
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A Russian sledge
Date
ca. 1825
Creator
Paul Gauci (British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
44752
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 125mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Street scene showing a horse-drawn sledge used in Russia.
Inscribed below: ‘delt. by Gauci Junr.. Printed by N.Chater & Co. 33 Fleet St. Vol.1 Page 195.’
Plate 3 from Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland...by James Holman vol.1 (London, 1825).
The author of the accompanying text, James Holman described several journeys by sledge: at this point in his book from Moscow to Novogorad.
James Holman, known to his contemporaries as ‘The Blind Traveller’, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
Inscribed below: ‘delt. by Gauci Junr.. Printed by N.Chater & Co. 33 Fleet St. Vol.1 Page 195.’
Plate 3 from Travels through Russia, Siberia, Poland...by James Holman vol.1 (London, 1825).
The author of the accompanying text, James Holman described several journeys by sledge: at this point in his book from Moscow to Novogorad.
James Holman, known to his contemporaries as ‘The Blind Traveller’, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
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