St. Petersburg at Mid-Century

Plan of St. Petersburg with Illustrations of Her Well-Known Views (St. Petersburg: Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1753). Work of engravers/printers Mikhail Ivanovich Makhaev and Joseph Valeriani.

1. Map of St. Petersburg from 1737 --
2. View of the Neva towards the East between the shipyards and the 13th line of the Wasily section --
3. View of the banks of the Neva showing the river between the Admiralty and the buildings of the Academy of Sciences --
4. View of the banks of the Neva downriver between the Winter Palace and the buildings of the Academy of Sciences --
5. View of the Neva towards the West between the Church of St. Isaac and the buildings of the Cadet Corps --
6. View of the Fontancka River towards the south between the grotto and the court's storehouses --
7. View of the Admiralty and its surroundings looking west from the triumphal arch --
8. View of a part of the town of St. Petersburg looking east from the triumphal arch --
9. View of the Bourse and the commodities market while ascending from the little Neva --
10. View of the buildings of the Imperial Colleges and a part of the commodities market toward the east --
11. View of the New Palace from the triumphal arch of Anitschki toward the east with a part of the town and Nevsky Prospect close to the shore of the Fontanka --
12. View of the Summer Palace from the north shore --
13. View of the Old Winter Palace and the canal that joins the Moika and the Neva --
14. View of Kamennoy Island on the little Newka near the St. Petersburg residence of the Countess Bestoucheff Rumin --