ID 1443060
Lot 223 | GEORGE DAWE, R.A. (LONDON 1781-1829)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
Portrait of Emperor Alexander I (1777-1825), small full-length, in the uniform of the Preobrazhensky Regiment
signed, inscribed and dated 'Geor Dawe pinxit / St Petersburg 1826' (lower right)
oil on canvas, unlined
34 ¼ x 24 in. (87.1 x 61.1 cm.)
inscribed 'Moberly / St Petersburg 1826' (reverse), stamped with the Moberly arms on the reverse
Provenance
Presented by the sitter's brother, Tsar Nicholas I (1796-1855), to Charles Moberly, St Petersburg, 1826, and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale [Property of a Lady]; Phillip's, London, 3 June 1997, lot 52.
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