61. COLLECTION OF 3 INTAGLIO PRINTS OF PIOTR I THE GREAT AND HIS WIFE AND ARCHIMANDRITE .
Paris 1838, Firmin Didot Brothers, drawing by Vernier, eng .Moret, and Panier and Chaillot, 9.5 x 14.5 cm and 9.5 x 14 cm; (card: 14 x 22.5 cm and 14 x 21 cm).
Collection of 3 engravings depicting Tsar Peter I the Great, his wife Tsarina Catherine I, or Martha Helena Skowronska. The collection is completed by the figure of an Orthodox clergyman archimandrite, or in the Orthodox Church, the superior of a monastery. The steel engravings come from the famous series "L'univers pittoresque" and the volume on Russia by Jean-Marie Chopin.
Pieces moderately preserved, sometimes stains, but dry, characteristic of 19th century paper; otherwise flawless.