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Peter Heinrich Lambert von Hess (1792-1871)
Athanasios Kanakaris captures Patras
lithograph, 62 x 45 cm
signed: P Herwegen inv. et sculpsit (under decorative border, centre) // Gemalt v. Peter Hess (bottom left) /
Lithogr. v. H. Kohler. (bottom right) // Eigenthum u. Verlag v. Meÿ u. Widmaÿer, München. (low centre)
inscribed (captions): Αθανάσιος ο Κανακάρης / κυριεύει τάς Πάτρας. (top) // Ath. Kanakaris is taking / possession
of the town of Patras. (left) // Ath. Kanakaris se rend maître / de la ville de Patras. (right) // Ath. Kanakaris erobert / die Stadt Patrasso. (low)
Hellenic Parliament Art Collection, inv. n. 306
Athanasios Kanakaris (1760-1823), a merchant and dignitary of Patras, and Filiki Etaireia member, at the outbreak
of the Revolution found himself in Constantinople.
As Ottoman authorities wanted him arrested, he fled by boat through the
Russian Embassy, arriving
in Patras in May 1821.
In Peter von Hess’s image,
he is shown waving his
sword, perched on the city walls, along with other revolutionaries. Patras was effectivelly captured without resistance; its fortress, however, remained in Ottoman hands for much longer, until the end of the Revolution.
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