Old Panoramic Map of Kazan, Russia by Makhaev, 1771: Kazanka flood, Kremlin, Volga, Tatar slobodas, quays monmouthshire Paul François Dupont was a

Paul François Dupont was a Paris‑based chromolithographer and printer active from the late nineteenth into the early twentieth century

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Old Panoramic Map of Kazan, Russia by Makhaev, 1771: Kazanka flood, Kremlin, Volga, Tatar slobodas, quays monmouthshire Paul François Dupont was aVue de la Ville de Casan du ct du Nord Ouest prise lors du dbordement de la Casanka captures Kazan at a moment of drama and revelation: the Kazanka (Casanka) River in flood, viewed from the northwest, with the city rising beyond the swollen banks. The composition makes the riverscape the organizing principle of the urban panorama, drawing the eye from boats at the foreground to a skyline punctuated by towers, cupolas, and fortified walls. As a city