Comparison of five major buildings. Unknown lithographer. [1840s]

Unknown lithographer based on a drawing by an unknown artist

Comparison of five major buildings
Russian Empire
[1840s]

Lithograph, watercolor on paper
610 x 880 mm; 545 x 690 mm

KP-197134

Acquired by the City Museum 
in 1918-1928.
Against the dark silhouette 
of the Great Pyramid of Giza, 
the outlines of Europe's largest 
Christian monuments are depicted: 
St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, 
St. Paul's Cathedral in London, 
St. Isaac's Cathedral in St.Petersburg 
and the Church of Sainte-Geneviève in Paris.