rg Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 the following scans show two engraving-style illustrations from an unknown English publication documenting a fire in Moscow's Bolshoi Theater. wikipedia notes the following: << A fire in 1853 caused extensive damage; reconstruction was carried out by Alberto Cavos, son of Catterino Cavos, an opera composer.>> (A. Cavos was also the designer of Petersburg's Maryinsky Theater, opened in 1860.) such devastation often makes for dramatic graphic work. Link to comment
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