Sujet
The Conspiracies in St. Petersburg: the late Emperor's carriage, shattered by the..bomb-shell, 1881. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Conspiracies in St. Petersburg: the late Emperor's carriage, shattered by the explosion of the first bomb-shell, 1881. 'The carriage...had a foot-board behind for a Cossack to stand upon, which is quite knocked to pieces, only a single piece of wood being left. The man who stood there was killed at once. The lacquered covering of the back of the carriage, and of the upper hinder part of both sides...is quite torn away, exposing to view the shattered framework of the back and sides, and of the seat beneath. The axles and wheels are uninjured, so that the carriage might easily have been driven home to the palace, with the Emperor in it, if he had not chosen to alight...The carriage was a coupe, and had but two seats, at the back; in front was the window, with a hat-peg for the Emperor to put his helmet upon, and with a gilt cup or pan for the ashes of his cigar...A few spots of blood are visible on the right-hand seat-cushion...The glass of the window, behind the coachman, is completely smashed. The interior is also full of small fragments of glass, which seem to have come from the exploding bomb-shell, and which have cut and torn the lining, and stuck in the outer part behind, and have even made some scratches on the wheels'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A42_372
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
23,7Mo (1,8Mo) / 29,9cm x 19,9cm / 3536 x 2347 (300dpi)