EditorialThe Ice Palace built in St. Petersburg in the cold winter of 1740 by Empress Anna Ivanovna. Two ice dolphins spewed flaming naphtha at night 2, and ice canons 3 and mortars 4 were fired. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur...
EditorialThe Ice Palace built in St. Petersburg in the cold winter of 1740 by Empress Anna Ivanovna. Two ice dolphins spewed flaming naphtha at night 2, and ice canons 3 and mortars 4 were fired. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur...