#O69
[1856]
Hand coloured tinted lithograph ca. 18,5x28 cm (ca. 7 ½ x 11 in), mounted on the original card, with lithographed marks on the mount for placing the plate. Mount with mild foxing and minor tears and chips of corners, but the lithograph is bright and in very good condition.
[Beautiful view of the Southern Crimean shore in the vicinity of Alupka. Taken from the sea, the view shows the Crimean Mountains towering in the background, with the spectacular Vorontsov Palace near the shore. This colourful plate was published in Carlo Bossoli’s “The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea” under the title “Prince Woronzoff’s Palace in Alupka” (plate 20, title of the copy from the library of J.R. Abbey in manuscript – see, Abbey Travel, 239).
Carlo Bossoli (1815-84) visited the Crimea several times between 1828 and 1843, most extensively from 1840 to 1842. When the Crimean War started Bossoli moved to London to capitalise on the heightened interest in his work, even selling paintings to Queen Victoria.
“The Vorontsov Palace is one of the oldest and largest residential palaces in all of Crimea, and is one of the most popular tourist attractions on Crimea's southern coast. The palace was built from 1828 through 1848 for Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov for use as his personal summer residence. It was designed in the Tudor style by English architect Edward Blore and his assistant William Hunt. The building incorporates elements of Scottish Baronial, Moorish Revival, and Gothic Revival architecture. Blore had designed many buildings in the United Kingdom, and was particularly well known there for completing the design of the Buckingham Palace in London. An important feature of the Vorontsov Palace is the adjoining park ensemble, which features 40 hectares (99 acres) of greenery and forestry arranged by German landscape gardener Carolus Keebach. Today, the Vorontsov Palace is a part of the "Alupka Palace-Park Complex," a national historical preserve including the Massandra Palace in neighbouring Massandra” (Wikipedia).
