Mikhail Ivanovich MAKHAEV (1718-1770) [Draughtsman] - Lot 36

Mikhail Ivanovich MAKHAEV (1718-1770) [Draughtsman] Ivan Petrovitch ELYAKOV (1725-1756) [Engraver] "View of the Neva towards the east between the galley yard and Wassili ostroff's 13th line". 1750-1753. One of twelve engravings intended to frame John Truscott's plan of St. Petersburg "План столичного города Санктпетербурга с изображением знатнейших онаго проспектов, изданных трудами Императорской Академии наук и художеств в Санктпетербурге" (Plan of the capital city Saint-Petersburg with the representation of its principal views, edited thanks to the works of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and Arts in Saint-Petersburg). SPb, 1753. Etching and intaglio. Captioned in Russian and French. View: 50 x 136.5 cm