Construction of the Exchange on the project of Thomas de Thomon lasted from 1804 to 1810. At the same time, a special commission headed by A. D. Zakharov, author of the Admiralty, decided the architectural design of the whole Spit of Vasilyevsky Island: with a beautiful square, Rostral beacon columns and a granite ramp – a semicircular descent to the Neva.
Unfinished by the time of engraving the ensemble Patersen is depicted according to the projects. When Pushkin arrived in St. Petersburg in 1811, the Exchange already became the architectural center of the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island and the busiest place of the port city.
Related Paintings 
Intercambio – Benjamin Patersen 
Échange – Benjamin Patersen 
English Embankment from Vasilyevsky Island by Benjamin Patersen 
View of the Stock Exchange and Admiralty from the Peter and Paul Fortress by Fedor Alekseev 
Terraplén inglés de la isla Vasilyevsky – Benjamin Patersen 
Mikhailovsky Castle from the Fontanka Embankment by Benjamin Patersen 
Château Mikhaïlovski du remblai de la Fontanka – Benjamin Patersen 
Promenade des Anglais depuis l’île Vassilievski – Benjamin Patersen
Intercambio – Benjamin Patersen Échange – Benjamin Patersen English Embankment from Vasilyevsky Island by Benjamin Patersen View of the Stock Exchange and Admiralty from the Peter and Paul Fortress by Fedor Alekseev Terraplén inglés de la isla Vasilyevsky – Benjamin Patersen Mikhailovsky Castle from the Fontanka Embankment by Benjamin Patersen Château Mikhaïlovski du remblai de la Fontanka – Benjamin Patersen Promenade des Anglais depuis l’île Vassilievski – Benjamin Patersen