Framed Crimean War Lithograph - Yenikale - PI 126 / 5536 Framed Crimean War Lithograph - Yenikale - PI 126 / 5536 Antiques & Militaria

A large 18" x 12" tinted lithograph published on 18.7.1855 by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co (The business that became the Colnaghi gallery was established by Italian firework manufacturer, Giovanni Battista Torre, in Paris, France, in 1760. Torre opened a shop with the name "Cabinet de Physique Expérimentale", where he sold scientific instruments, books and prints. In 1767, Torre's son Anthony Torre moved to London where he opened a sister shop, specialising in prints, in partnership with another Italian immigrant, Anthony Molteno. Giovanni Torre died in 1780, and in 1784 Anthony Torre hired Paul Colnaghi newly arrived in Paris from Milan to manage a new shop in Palais Royal, Paris) called, " Fortress of Yenikale, looking towards the the Sea of Azoff". Mounted in a modern ebonised frame. Very nice and price includes UK delivery. PI 126