The Great Bell of Moscow — engraving

"The Great Bell of Moscow, weighing 443,772 Pounds".

The large Moscow bell (Tsar Bell) was cast by order of Empress Anna Ioannovna in 1730 in memory of the descendants of her reign. In 1737, during the Trinity Fire, the bell cracked and lay in the ground for about a century. In the first half of the 19th century, the bell was raised and installed on a pedestal in the Moscow Kremlin near the Ivan the Great bell tower. The bell is the largest bell in the world, with a diameter and height of about 6 meters, and a weight of 203 tons.

Edward Daniel Clarke. Travels in various countries of Europe Asia and Africa. Part the First Russia Tartary and Turkey (1810).

Technique, Material: Copper engraving / Paper
Artist:  E. D. Clarke, Engraver: 
Date: Published Nov. 25. 1809. by T. Cadell & W.Davies, London
Size:  cm.