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Date

[Aug-Sept 1779]

Description

A log hut and three small conical houses on a spit of land near the shore, right of centre, high hills behind.There are also paint daubs and ink squiggles in the sky area, upper left.

Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.359. It is an original for the engraving in Ellis (1782) vol II fp 237 'A view of the town of St Peter and St Paul in the Bay of Awatchka' although the engraving shows many more houses

On the verso are watercolour and ink daubs and scribbles (A-264-049-2)

Other Titles - View of St Peter and St Paul (Petropavlosk) [Joppien / Smith title] Kamchatka

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Peninsula, Kamchatka Krai, Russia

Country

Russia

TWW Comment

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky is widely known simply as Petropavlovsk (literally "city of Peter and Paul"). The adjective Kamchatsky ("Kamchatkan") was added to the official name in 1924. (Wikipedia)

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