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The governor general’s palace and the University observatory in Vilnius

Author: Philippe Benoist (ca 1813–1879)
Created:18571858
Material:paper
Technique:chromolithograph
Dimensions:38.10 × 49.50 cm
Signature:

inscription: Album de Wilna. / 2.e Serie. 5e Liv. / Ph. Benoist lith. / Imp. Lemercier, Paris / No. 53. / WIDOKI WILNA Pałac J: W: Gubernatora Wojennego i Obserwatoryum Astronomiczne. / VUES DE WILNA Palais de Son Excellence le Gouverneur Général de Lituanie et l’Observatoire de l’ancienne Université.

Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński, ‘Album of Vilnius’, series II, fascicle V, No. 53.

Source: Law firm Valiunas Ellex art album VILNIUS. TOPOPHILIA II (2015). Compiler and author Laima Laučkaitė, RES PUBLICA (2018). Compiler and author Rūta Janonienė
Expositions: “Vilnius. Topophilia. Views of Vilnius from the collection of the law firm Ellex Valiunas”, 5 October – 26 November 2017, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius (curator Laima Laučkaitė)