Carte de la Crimée pour suivre les operations de la Guerre d'Orient
| Reference: | S42712 |
| Author | Pierre Antoine Tardieu |
| Year: | 1854 |
| Zone: | Crimea |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 895 x 600 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S42712 |
| Author | Pierre Antoine Tardieu |
| Year: | 1854 |
| Zone: | Crimea |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 895 x 600 mm |
€300.00
Description
Map of Crimea to follow the operations of the oriental war realized by Pierre Tardieu and published by Ernest Bourdin, Paris, 1854, reproduced from the famous work of prince Demidoff Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. In the upper right corner appears a Map of countries bordering the Black Sea, and in the lower right corner appears an engraved aerial view of the port of Sevastopol.
Count Anatole (Anatoly) Nicolaïevitch Demidov, First Prince of San Donato (5 April 1813 - 29 April 1870), was a Russian industrialist, diplomat, and arts patron of the Demidov family. Born in Saint Petersburg, he was the second son of count Nikolay Demidov and Elisabeth Alexandrovna Stroganoff. He grew up in Paris, where his father was ambassador. In 1837-1838, he organized a scientific expedition of 22 scholars, writers and artists (of which Auguste Raffet and the critic Jules Janin became Demidov's friends), to southern Russia and the Crimea, headed up by Frédéric Le Play. It cost 500,000 francs and its results were published as Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée (4 vol., 1840-1842), with 100 original lithographs by Raffet, and dedicated to the Czar.
Pierre Antoine Tardieu (1784-1869) was a prolific French map engraver and geographer. The Tardieu family, based in Paris, was well known for their talent in engraving, cartography, and illustration. Pierre Antoine’s father, Antoine Francois Tardieu, was an established cartographer who published numerous atlases.
Steel engraving with original outline colour, with margins, good condition. Rare.
Pierre Antoine Tardieu (1784-1869)
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Pierre Antoine Tardieu (1784-1869) was a prolific French map engraver and geographer. The Tardieu family, based in Paris, was well known for their talent in engraving, cartography, and illustration. Pierre Antoine’s father, Antoine Francois Tardieu, was an established cartographer who published numerous atlases. His son is said to have collaborated with him for many years before establishing his own independent career. Pierre Antoine Tardieu’s most famous work includes engravings of the islands of La Palma and Tenerife, for which in 1818 he was awarded a bronze medal by King Louis-Phillipe for the beauty and accuracy of his mapping. Other famous work includes his mapping of Louisiana and Mexico, engravings of Irish counties, maps of Russia and Asia, and his highly celebrated illustrations of all the provinces of France. He was also the first mapmaker to engrave on steel. Tardieu was a popular map engraver in his lifetime, enjoying the patronage of the likes of Alexander von Humboldt and respect among his peers. In 1837, he was appointed the title Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. As was written in his obituary in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of France, he was renowned for his combination of technical talent and scholarly research skills and praised for furthering his family’s well-respected name in the scientific arts.
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Pierre Antoine Tardieu (1784-1869)
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Pierre Antoine Tardieu (1784-1869) was a prolific French map engraver and geographer. The Tardieu family, based in Paris, was well known for their talent in engraving, cartography, and illustration. Pierre Antoine’s father, Antoine Francois Tardieu, was an established cartographer who published numerous atlases. His son is said to have collaborated with him for many years before establishing his own independent career. Pierre Antoine Tardieu’s most famous work includes engravings of the islands of La Palma and Tenerife, for which in 1818 he was awarded a bronze medal by King Louis-Phillipe for the beauty and accuracy of his mapping. Other famous work includes his mapping of Louisiana and Mexico, engravings of Irish counties, maps of Russia and Asia, and his highly celebrated illustrations of all the provinces of France. He was also the first mapmaker to engrave on steel. Tardieu was a popular map engraver in his lifetime, enjoying the patronage of the likes of Alexander von Humboldt and respect among his peers. In 1837, he was appointed the title Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. As was written in his obituary in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of France, he was renowned for his combination of technical talent and scholarly research skills and praised for furthering his family’s well-respected name in the scientific arts.
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