Sujet

Abo, from an original sketch, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Abo, from an original sketch, 1854. 'Abo [now Turku] is the most ancient city in Finland; its history being coeval with the reign of Eric the Saint, that is from about 1150 to 1160, the period at which Christianity was first introduced into that wild region. The Castle is as ancient as the town, and can boast of having more than once arrested the onward march of the Russian armies...its University, founded by Gustavus Adolphus, in 1630, has been removed to Helsingfors, the Russian capital of Finland...A recent letter from Stockholm states that no vessel of any kind or nation is allowed to enter Abo, the authorities being afraid of the arrival of intelligence injurious to Russian interests'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_284

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

17,9Mo (1,3Mo) / 32,8cm x 13,7cm / 3876 x 1617 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city river building buildings house houses religious town religion occupation bridge bridges British geography cathedral church territorial structure Finland turku Christianity cityscape war location century Britain newspapers press TERRITORY concept B&W 19th century black & white black and white townscape B W nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper engraving landscape Crimean War Unknown occupied territory 19th-century Abo Aura River