[CZĘSTOCHOWA]. Plan proektirovannago raspoloženija uezdnago goroda Čenstochova, Petrpkovskoj gubernii....

[CZĘSTOCHOWA]. Plan proektirovannago raspoloženija uezdnago goroda Čenstochova, Petrpkovskoj gubernii. Ink drawing, colored with gouache, form. 78.8x123 cm.
Hand-drawn plan of the downtown part of Czestochowa including existing and planned buildings, dated 1894. Title and all inscriptions in Russian. Title under the upper frame in the center. In the lower left corner, illegible signature of the author of the plan. In bottom right corner signatures of government officials, including "načalnik gubernia" (Konstantin Miller?). Within the plan at the bottom right a linear scale and a scale (1:4200) handwritten in pencil. In the left margin a legend, distinguishing between existing matter and that which is in the plans. In the right margin a list of 34 brick and wooden buildings within and outside the city limits. Plan cut in the epoch into 16 parts glued together on canvas. On the back a paper sticker with a handwritten title of the plan. Slight staining and loss of paper (diameter ca. 5 cm), rubbing of canvas at folds in places, staining of canvas on the reverse. Unique.