Description | Engraved, topographical base map entitled 'Province of Orenburg', [Russia], with multiple pencil annotations in an unknown Russian hand, some of which have been overwritten in ink by William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, which was copied from [Benedikt Franz Johann von] 'Hermann's collection', [1816-1820]. Sectioned on linen. |
Administrative History | Strangways was a diplomat, posted to St Petersburg between December 1816-June 1820. |