Vue d'Oranienbaum, Maison de plaisance de Sa Majesté Imperiale de toutes les Russies.

Large, beautiful view of the Palace of Oranienbaum / Lomonosov located on the Gulf of Finland West of St. Petersburg in Russia. From the Atlas Volume of "Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie Ancienne" by N. G. Le Clerc. Engraved by Neé after the original engraving of Mikhail Makhaev. Nicolas Louis De Lespinasse has drawn this reduced version possibly by using a camera obscura.

Two small brown spots below the image, vertical centrefold, some creases in upper left corner.

Nicolas Louis Lespinasse was born 1734 in Pouilly, France. He served in the military befor he became an artist. He died 1808 in Paris.