Tsar Alexander I with Telescope Before a Double Eagle Flag, 1815
€ 520
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1815
Mapmaker / artist
Drawn and engraved by Canton
Publisher
Richard Evans, London
Technique
Engraving
Coloring
Hand colored
Sheet size
23.5 × 39 cm (9.3 × 15.4 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-14400-16
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Light uneven toning, browner towards the edges. Marked handling soiling along the left, right and top edges. Scattered light foxing in the margin. Complete sheet, all four corners present. One larger brown mark.
About this sheet
An original antique engraving, colored by hand, captioned "ALEXANDER Ist EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS." Emperor Alexander I rides a chestnut horse with a white blaze, walking to the right, and holds out a telescope in his right hand. He wears a black bicorn with red and white plumes and gold tassels, a dark green coat with gold epaulettes and red cuffs, a pale blue sash, a striped waist sash, white breeches and black riding boots. His crimson saddlecloth is embroidered and edged with a gold fringe. At the left rises a round stone tower flying a yellow flag with a black double headed eagle, and at the right open country runs to distant trees and hills. The face is worked in stipple.
Just below the image the plate is signed "Canton, del. et sculp." The publication line reads "Published 18th of May 1815. by Richard Evans, Whites Row, Spitalfields." Alexander I reigned as Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825.
It belongs to The History of the Wars occasioned by the French Revolution by William Nicholson, LL.D., printed in London for Thomas Kelly of 17 Paternoster Row. Its title page promises biographical sketches of the public characters of Europe and carries the story through the Congress of Vienna, the escape from Elba, Waterloo and the exile to Saint Helena. The plates themselves name Richard Evans of Whites Row, Spitalfields, in their engraved publication lines.
The green coat, crimson saddlecloth and yellow flag make one of the more colorful plates from the book.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
