• Unknown (photographer)
• Andrei Chokhov (role unspecified)

View of the Tsar Cannon, Moscow

ca. 1883

Albumen silver print

comp.: 31.5 x 41.9 cm secondary support: 46.5 x 64.2 cm sheet: 40.9 x 49.3 cm

PH1987:0465

• exterior view

imprinted and dated - in black ink, on the print below the image, l.l.: "MOSKVA. / Tsar'-Pushka. VES 2400 PUD.; DLINA 7 1/2 ARSH.; OTVERSTIE 1 ARSH. 4 3/4 VERSHKA; / ZARYADNOE IADRO VESOM 120 PUDOV. OTLITA V MOSKVE V 1594 GODU V / TSARSTVOVANIE TSARIA FEDORA IOANOVICHA, MASTEROM CHEKHOVYM; LAFET / ISPOLNEN NA CHUGUNNO-LITEINOM ZAVODE BERDA V 1835 GODU." [MOSCOW. / Tsar-Cannon. WEIGHT 2400 POOD[S].; LENGTH 7 1/2 ARSH[INS].; OPENING 1 ARSH[IN]. 4 3/4 VERSHOK; / CHARGING CANNON-BALL WEIGHTS 120 POODS. CAST IN MOSCOW IN 1594 DURING / THE REIGN OF FEDOR IOANOVICH, BY MASTER CHEKHOV; GUN-CARRIAGE / MADE IN THE BERD'S IRON FOUNDRY IN 1835.]; and l.r.: "MOSCOU. / Le Roi DES Canons. POIDS 2400 POUDS; LONGUEUR 7 1/2 ARCHINES; EMBOUCHURE / 1 ARCH. 4 3/4 VERCHOKS; POIDS DU BOULET 120 POUDS; FONDU A MOSCOU EN 1594, / SOUS LE RÈGNE DU CZAR THÉODORE JOANOVITSCH PAR LE FONDEUR TCHÉKHOFF, / L'AFFÛT A ÉTÉ EXÉCUTÉ DANS L'USINE DE Mr BERD EN 1835." imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the print below the image, l.c.: "No. du negatif 27598."; and with the royal seal comprised of a two-headed eagle with a crown and "Russkaya Fotografiia / v Moskve. / na Volkhonke dom Kir'iakova." [Russian Photography / in Moscow. / in Volkhonka Kir'iakov's house.] imprinted - in black ink, on the secondary support, b.: "Photographie Russe à Moscou."

Moscow; Russia (Federation);

• military

• cannon (artillery)