Stone Bridge in 1825: Auguste Cadolle's “Vues de Moscou”
Auguste Cadolle's lithographs “Vues de Moscou” (Paris, 1825): the Stone Bridge and the Kremlin next to Bolotnaya Square. Animation, sources and the Litfund auction on 15 October.
In 1820–1823 French artist Auguste Cadolle drew Moscow from life while the city was rebuilt after the 1812 fire. The result was “Vues de Moscou” — 10 large lithographs of the Kremlin, Red Square, the Foundling Home, the Stone Bridge (Kamenny Most) and Presnya, published in Paris in 1825 and dedicated to Emperor Alexander I. Today the album is a great rarity.
The Stone Bridge and the Zamoskvorechye bank are right next to Bolotnaya Square.
How the place looks today: our live camera on Ulitsa Serafimovicha.
The album is up at the Litfund auction, lot 37: start 800,000 ₽, a bid already placed, sale on 15 October 2026, 19:00 Moscow time.
Images: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division — Vue du pont de Pierre, prise du cremlin, Vue du cremlin, prise de pont de Pierre. No known restrictions on publication. Animation: Bolotnaya.online.