 | Alexander Jamleson - 1821 - 456 דפים
...grandeur. The statue is of bronze, of a colossal size. It represents Peter the Great in the attitude of mounting a precipice, the summit of which he has nearly attained. He appears crowned with laurel, in a loose Asiatic vest, and sitting on a housing of bears' skin ; his right hand... | |
 | William Bingley - 1822 - 384 דפים
...cast at the expence of the empress Catherine the Second. The monarch is represented in the attitude of mounting a precipice,' the summit of which he has nearly attained. His head is uncovered, and crowned with laurel ; he wears a loose vest, in the Asiatic style, with... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1825 - 380 דפים
...expencè of Catharine II. in honour of her great predecessor. The monarch is represented in the attitude of mounting a precipice, the summit of which he has nearly attained. His head is uncovered, and crowned with laurel ¡ he wears a loose vest in the Asiatic style, with... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1832 - 238 דפים
...of the Neva, and conveyed in a vessel purposely constructed for it to the place where it now stands. The statue is of colossal size, and represents the monarch in the act of mounting a precipice. He appears in a loose Asiatic vest, seated on a bear-skin, and crowned with a wreath of laurel. His... | |
 | 1833 - 448 דפים
...dimensions ; as, in forming a proper station for the statue, and representing an abrupt broken precipice, its bulk has been necessarily diminished. The statue...on a bear-skin housing, and crowned with a wreath of laurel ; his left hand holds the reins, and his right is extended, as in the act of blessing his... | |
 | 1835 - 284 דפים
...the Russians think it the finest of its kind in existence. The monarch is represented in the attitude of mounting a precipice, the summit of which he has nearly attained ; his head is uncovered and crowned with laurel, while his right hand is stretched out, as in the act... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 672 דפים
...which had been purposely constructed for its reception, and conveyed to the place where it now stands. The statue is of colossal size, and represents the...on a bear-skin housing, and crowned with a wreath of laurel; his left hand holds the reins, and his right is extended, as in the act of blessing his... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 דפים
...is another of the magnificent achievements of modern art. The monarch is represented in the attitude of mounting a precipice, the summit of which he has nearly attained. This precipice and pedestal, which consists of a single block of granite, weighing between 1500 and... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1855 - 324 דפים
...is simply, "To PETER THE FIRST—CATHERINE THE SECOND." The monarch is represented in the attitude of mounting a precipice, the summit of which he has nearly attained. His head is uncovered, and crowned with laurel, while his right hand is ^retched out as in the act... | |
 | L. Contanseau - 1860 - 232 דפים
...and was cast* at the expense0 of the empress Catherine II. The monarch is represented in the attitude of mounting a precipice, the summit of which he has nearly ^ attained. His head is uncovered, and crowned withe laurel; he wears a loose vest1 in the Asiatic style, with... | |
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The colossal equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Russian capital, is another of the magnificent achievements of modern art. The monarch is represented in the attitude of mounting a precipice, the summit of which he has nearly attained. 
