Вид Старой (Красной) площади в Москве. // View of the Staraya (Red) Square in Moscow., Gérard de la Barthe, 1800 (published)

Coloured plate 1 from the definitive twelve views of moscow by de la barthe. This is the northern half of present-day red square, looking to north-west. The kremlin wall (and adjacent fortifications, later demolished) on the left is obscured by a shopping arcade building. The arcade was later demolished, too, making way for present-day open space. Date: 1800 (published). Dimensions: height: 54.5 cm (21.4 in); width: 77 cm (30.3 in). Medium: engraving. Collection: State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Жерар Делабарт (лист 1) Старая (Красная) Площадь 1