WEBER, Thomas (fl. 1799)

Lot 81
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ID 992938
Lot 81 | WEBER, Thomas (fl. 1799)
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£ 1 000 – 1 500
WEBER, Thomas (fl. 1799)

[Kaiserlich Russische Truppen Augsburg]. Augsburg: Thomas Weber, & G. Schleich, 1799.

An extremely rare collection of 6 hand-coloured engravings of Russian regimental uniforms: including the Lukashin Cuirassiers, Dragoons, and Hussars, Baranovksy Tartars, Don and Ural Cossacks, as seen in Augsburg in 1799. In that year, Tsar Paul I of Russia, worried by Napoleon's successes in Europe and particularly the German states, re-instated the well-respected Field-Marshall, Alexander Suvorov (1729-1800), whom he had removed following his accession to the Russian throne after Catherine the Great's demise. Paul had felt threatened by Suvorov's powerful position at the Russian court and Suvorov's closeness to Catherine but the decision to re-instate him proved wise as within that year Suvorov's Russian troops had largely nullified Napoleon's victories in the German states and Italy. The owner of this work, Baron Dunoyer de Noirmont, was himself an artist specialising in military subjects, publishing his Costumes Militaires Français [c. 1830-60]. Unrecorded by Colas and Lipperheide. Bobins IV, 1291.



Folio (389 x 285mm). 6 fully contemporary hand-coloured aquatint engravings (304 x 201mm), after Weber, one by Fr. Vogel, mounted on boards (a few marginal stains, light dust-soiling). Later dark red morocco backed marbled boards (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Baron de Noirmont (1816-1896; bookplate) — 'N.M. Bibliothèque Militaire’ (small stamp on flyleaf).





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