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Alexander Emperor of Russia.
Alexander Emperor of Russia.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Pater-noster Row, Jan. 21. 1815.
Engraving. 267 x 203mm (10½ x 8"). Paper slightly cut.
Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) also known as Alexander the Blessed. He served as Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815-1825, as well as the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.
[Ref: 28260]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Alexander 1.st.
Alexander 1.st.
London. Pub:d May 2.1814, by Colnaghi & Co. 23 Cockspur St. Charing Cross.
Stipple, etching and crayon manner, with large margins. Plate 272 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Very fine.
Alexander I (1777-1825) served as Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825, and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.
Provenance: Elizabeth Anne Hippisley of Ston Easton.
[Ref: 29441]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Alexander I. Kaiser von Russland.
Alexander I. Kaiser von Russland.
Gez: u. gest. v. E. Henne. [n.d., c.1820]
Hand-coloured engraving. Rare. Sheet: 165 x 245mm (6½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A full-length portrait of Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825).
[Ref: 44550]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Alexander the First, Emperor of all the Russias.
Alexander the First, Emperor of all the Russias.
Painted by Mr. Volkoff, Member of the Academy of Arts at St.Petersburg. Engraved by Henry Meyer, G.t Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London.
London Published by Mess.rs Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street, 1814.
Stipple. 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14") large margins.
Alexander I (1777-1825), Tsar of Russia, after Roman Maksimovich Volkov.
[Ref: 45029]   £330.00  
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Alexander Emperor of Russia.
Alexander Emperor of Russia. Drawn from the Life.
Published by S. Phillips, July 21 1814
Etching with very large margins, platemark 205 x 150mm (8 x 6"). Fine impression; slight foxing; tipped into album sheet. Rare.
Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825), known as Alexander the Blessed, Tzar from 1801, Ruler of Poland from 1815, as well as the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania. Probably from a drawing by Thomas Phillips made at the time of the visit of the Allied Sovereigns to England in June 1814 to celebrate the Peace of Paris. In 1817 Phillips (who also had the rare distinction of having painted Napoleon from life, in 1802) painted a large canvas (now in Petworth House, Sussex) commemorating the event, showing Alexander.
[Ref: 34935]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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The Emperor of Russia [Alexander II]
The Emperor of Russia [Alexander II] The Whitehall Review 13th July 1878
Judd & Co. Lith. Doctors Commons London
Lithograph with tintstone, sheet 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Foxing.
Alexander II (1818-81), Emperor of Russia. Known as 'Alexander the Liberator' for his emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, Alexander also carried out many other reforms. He oversaw the sale of Alaska to the United States, fought a brief war with Turkey in 1877-8, and incorporated Poland into Russia in response to the uprising of 1863. He was assassinated by revolutionaries in 1881.
[Ref: 43504]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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The Czarewich [Alexander III]
The Czarewich [Alexander III] The Whitehall Review 14th September 1878.
Judd & Co. Lith. Doctors Commons London
Lithograph with tintstone, sheet 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Foxing.
Alexander III (1845-94), Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland, as a Tsesarivich (heir apparent). Three years after this portrait was published, Alexander succeeded his father Alexander II as emperor, ruling the country in a highly conservative way, reversing some of his father's liberal reforms but also avoiding Russian involvement in any major wars.
[Ref: 43505]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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The Grand Duchess Michaelovna.
The Grand Duchess Michaelovna. The Whitehall Review 19th October 1878.
Judd & Co. Lith. Doctors Commons London
Lithograph printed in sepia, sheet 370 x 255mm (14½ x 10"). Foxing.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860-1922), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievich of Russia and granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I. In 1879 she married Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenberg-Schwerin and moved to Germany, although she disliked the country and spent little time there after the death of her husband in 1897. Anastasia Mikhailovna was embroiled in a scandal when in 1902 she fathered a child with her personal secretary, and she spent her last years in Switzerland after moving there during World War I.
[Ref: 43506]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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Archangel, Russia.
Archangel, Russia. Fancy Ball Companion, No.7.
C.H. Martin del.t G.F. Bragg lith.o
Published by T. Pewtress, 67, Newington Causeway. Printed by F. Alvey, 1, Brandon's Row, Newington. [n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with fine colour, rare. 317 x 247mm. 12½ x 9¾". Creasing.
From the 'Fancy Ball Companion', a gallery of national costumes; here the costume of the city of Arkhangelsk, Russia. A young lady wearing a long red and gold dress with a green and gold jacket over the top; on her head she wears a turban.
[Ref: 22870]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Archangel.
Archangel.
J.G.H.
[n.d., c.1823.]
Ink and grey wash, J. Whatman watermark 1823. Sheet 205 x 255mm (8 x 10").
A prospect of Archangel in northern Russia, with sleighs drawn by horses and reindeer.
[Ref: 57300]   £390.00  
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Lake of Aushkul and Holy Mount.
Lake of Aushkul and Holy Mount.
R. Murchison Esq.re del. L. Haghe lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[London: John Murray, 1845.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10"). With two registry pin holes in corners, as usual with this technique.
Aushkul Lake and mountain in the Urals, famed for its jasper, vases of which decorate the Hermitage staircase. The plate comes from Sir Roderick Impey's important monograph, 'The Geology of Russia in Europe and the Ural Mountains', the result of an expedition he made accompanied by Édouard de Verneuil (1805-73) and Count Alexander von Keyserling (1815-91). The expedition led to him describing the Permian geologic period, named after the Perm region of Russia, the last period of the Paleozoic era.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 52674]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Bapteme Russe.
Bapteme Russe.
h.te Be.
[n.d. c.1821.]
Fine lithograph, paper watermarked. Image area 203 x 272mm. 8 x 10¾". Trimmed to image and around title area.
Russian baptism where the baby is held aloft over the font, with family members to the right. From an uncoloured copy of "Moeurs et costumes des Russes représentés en 50 planches coloriées exécutées en lithographie -- par A. C. Houbigant".
[Ref: 26566]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Tamkupt. / Baschkir.
Tamkupt. / Baschkir.
Schadow del. Buchhorn sculp.
[n.d., c.1813].
Aquatint, very scarce. Sheet size: 260 x 333mm. (10¼ x13"). Trimmed with lower corners of sheet missing.
A Bashkir archer on horseback with bow and arrow poised to fire. The Bashkirs are Turkic people, indigenous to Bashkortostan, extending on both sides of the Ural Mountains, the area where Europe meets Asia. Ludwig Buchhorn (1770 - 185) is considered to be the most eminent draughtsman of his time besides J.G. Schadow, with whom he regularly worked with. This print is taken from 'Russische Kriegsvöler', first published in 1813.
[Ref: 31404]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Benediction.]
[Benediction.]
[n.d. c.1821.]
Fine l& large lithograph, paper watermarked. Image area 245 x 362mm. 9¾ x 14¼". Trimmed to image.
A procession of monks lead up a ramp to a small temple within which sits a picture of Jesus and the Virgin Mary; guards flank the ramp with a cossack on a horse in the right foregrounds; crowds gather all round.
[Ref: 26570]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Russian Droska.
Russian Droska.
Drawn, Printed and Published at Friedel's Litho. Estab.t 252, Tottenham C.t R.d & an the Polytechnic Institution, 309, Regent Street, London. [n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce tinted lithograph, finished by hand. Printed area 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Large margins. Several small tears, one affecting publication line.
A Russian naval officer being driven across a snowy landscape in an open coach.
[Ref: 37905]   £450.00  
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Casan Church.
Casan Church.
Rt. Johnson [sic] delt. J. Gledah Sculpt.
[London, 1815.]
Hand coloured aquatint, sheet 170 x 220mm. 6¾ x 8½". Sheet trimmed.
A view in Saint Petersburg, Russia. After Robert Johnston (1783 - 1839), for his 'Travels through part of the Russian Empire and the County of Poland, along the southern shores of the Baltic'.
Abbey Travel: 15, 8. BL: 001889216. Ex Collection Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 18586]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[Caspian Gates] Derbent een sterke Stad, eeryds Alexandria, om dat dees Stad door Alexander de Groote [...] [parallel text in Latin]
[Caspian Gates] Derbent een sterke Stad, eeryds Alexandria, om dat dees Stad door Alexander de Groote [...] [parallel text in Latin]
Pet:Schenk Exc: Amst: cum Priv. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, some spots.
A view of the Caspian Sea, with the Caspian Gates in the background. Also known as the Gates of Alexander, they were a mythical barrier supposedly built by Alexander the Great in the Caucasus to keep the uncivilized barbarians of the north from invading the land to the south. They are usually identified with the Fortifications of Derbent, Russia.
[Ref: 59276]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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[Death of Catherine I] Op den 17 May 1727. is de Kyserin van Ruslant Catharina Alexewna [...] [parallel text in Latin]
[Death of Catherine I] Op den 17 May 1727. is de Kyserin van Ruslant Catharina Alexewna [...] [parallel text in Latin]
Pet: Schenk exc: Amst: cum Pr. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 155 x 180mm (6 x 7"). Trimmed to plate, folding crease in the middle, some spots.
A scene showing the death of the Empress of Russia Catherine I (1684-1727) in St. Petersburg. She was the second wife and empress consort of Peter the Great.
[Ref: 59236]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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[Proclamation of Catherine I] Het Proclameeren of uytropen over Catharina Alexewna, vrouw van den Overleeden Kyser [...] [parallel text in Latin]
[Proclamation of Catherine I] Het Proclameeren of uytropen over Catharina Alexewna, vrouw van den Overleeden Kyser [...] [parallel text in Latin]
Pet:Schenk Exc: Amst: cum Priv. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, 160 x 180mm (6¼ x 7"). Trimmed to plate, folding creases in the middle as normal, one spot.
A scene showing the proclamation of Catherine I (1684-1727) as Empress of All Russia in 1725.
[Ref: 59244]   £85.00   (£102.00 incl.VAT)
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Catherina II.
Catherina II.
Rauch sc.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Stipple. 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), very large margins.
A bust portrait of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (1729-96).
[Ref: 57767]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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Catherina Alexiewna.
Catherina Alexiewna. Rossorum Imperiatrix. Nata Princeps Anhalt: Servest: nata d. 2 Mai 1729.
J:E: Nilson, inv: Sculps: et excud: Aug:V:
[n.d., c.1770.]
Stipple. Sheet 225 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate and laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait of Catherine II (1729-1796), in profile, set in a roundel in an architectural capriccio, with the Three Graces paying tribute. Catherine II ruled Russia between 1762 and 1796, the longest rule by a female monarch in Russia's history.
[Ref: 37903]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Album Cosmopolite. Portrait du Cocher de S.M. L'Impératrice de Russie.
Album Cosmopolite. Portrait du Cocher de S.M. L'Impératrice de Russie. Par le Prince G.Gagarin di S.t Petersbourg.
E. Lassalle Lith. Lith. J. Rigo et C.ie r. Richer 7.
Paris; Challamel, éditeur. [n.d., c1837.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 305 x 235mm (12 x 9¼"). Slight spotting.
A portrait of the Tsarina's coachman, painted by Prince Grigory Grigorievich Gagarin (1810-93). From the 'Album Cosmopolite, ou Choix des Collections de M. Alexandre Vattemare, compose de sujets historiques et religieux, paysages, marines'.
[Ref: 38003]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Corn Barks.
Corn Barks.
Drawn and Etched by John Augustus Atkinson.
London Published as the Act directs, May 1. 1803, by J.A. Atkinson and Ja.s Walker, No. 8, Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and Mess.rs John & Josiah Boydell, Pall Mall & Cheapside.
Hand coloured soft gound etching and aquatint with very large margins. Platemark: 185 x 245mm (7¼ x 9¾").
Plate 14 from John Augustus Atkinson's (1775 - 1831) 'A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs and Amusements of the Russians', 1803 - 1804. The scene depicts Russian dock workers unloading corn shipments from a boat. John Augustus Atkinson was a British etcher, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He spent 1784 - 1801 in Russia with his uncle, James Walker. After returning to London in 1801, he made prints after his works, of Russian subjects, and made outline etchings for other artists. He also executed paintings on military subjects and battles.
Abbey: 223.
[Ref: 33495]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Cosaque.
Cosaque.
Le Barnier L'aine Delt. Lucien Sculpt. No. 50 [upper right]
A Paris, Chez la Ve. Chereau Mde. D'Esyamps, rue St. Jacques, No.10 pres la Fontaine St. Severin.
Stipple engraving 395 x 260mm.
[Ref: 3778]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Portraits of the Different Tribes of Russian Cossacks, in Marching Order.
Portraits of the Different Tribes of Russian Cossacks, in Marching Order.
Drawn from the Life by Hess. Engraved by Clark & Dubourg.
Published & Sold July 1st 1813, by Edw. Orme, Engraver, [Printseller] & Publisher, Bond St. (Corner of Brook St.) London.
Very fine aquatint with hand colour. 300 x 455mm (11¾ x 18"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1810. Crease.
A party of Ural Cossacks with their Ataman David Martemianovich Borodin (1760-1860) during the Austro-Russian Italian and Swiss Campaign in 1799, led by the Russian Marshal Alexander Suvorov. The original painting by Carl Adolph Heinrich Hess (1769-1849) was sold by Christies in 2003, with the identification of Borodin from Nicholas Touroverov's 'Cossacks in Works by Foreign Artists', 1939.
Not in Abbey. See Christie's Live Auction 1286, Lot 87 for the painting.
[Ref: 59133]   £580.00  
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Cosaque de l'Oural.
Cosaque de l'Oural.
Val' 11 Feb 1817.
Pen and ink with watercolour. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8").
A mounted cossack soldier.
[Ref: 38001]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Cosaque regulier.
Cosaque regulier.
Fib' 11 Feb 1817.
Pen and ink with watercolour. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8").
A mounted cossack soldier.
[Ref: 38002]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Cossack of the government of Irkoutsk.
Cossack of the government of Irkoutsk.
Drawn by Weidenbach. Engraved by Stadler.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Aquatint and etching, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 530 x 440mm (20¾ x 17¼). Trimmed just within plate, repaired tears.
A very fine and impressive image showing a mounted Cossack lancer in a winter landscape.
[Ref: 57779]   £480.00  
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Russian Cossaks. [in pencil.]
Russian Cossaks. [in pencil.]
[Engraved in London 1817 by G. Scharf.[in pencil]]
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper, fold flattened, some soiling.
Two Cossack soldiers and a camp follower. George (Georg Johann) Scharf (1788-1860), a German artist who accompanied the Waterloo Campaign, after which he came to England with the British army. It is likely that he sketched these Cossacks shortly after the Battle of Waterloo. On the reverse of the album sheet is a fine coloured stipple of the Allied Monarchs after Waterloo.
[Ref: 37991]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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The habit of a Russian Virgin.
The habit of a Russian Virgin.
J. Hulett sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed from larger sheet.
A full-length portrait of a young Russian woman after Cornelis de Bruin, published in Thomas Salmon's 'Modern History: or the Present State of all Nations'.
[Ref: 45194]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[Young Woman.] No. 57.
[Young Woman.] No. 57. Jeune fille Wotiah dans le G.t de Casan.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a young woman in a long coat with a long headress.
[Ref: 46139]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cossack Woman.] No. 47.
[Cossack Woman.] No. 47. Femme Cosaque de Tcher Kask sur les bords du Don.
Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
[n.d, c.1820.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a cossack woman in traditional dress with a scenic background behind her.
[Ref: 46131]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cossack Peasant.] No. 48.
[Cossack Peasant.] No. 48. Paysanne Cosaque sur les bords du Don.
Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
[n.d, c.1820.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a cossack peasant in traditional dress, hanging laundry, with a scenic background behind her.
[Ref: 46132]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Woman of Ingria.] No. 46.
[Woman of Ingria.] No. 46. Femme russe de l'Ingrie.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a Russian woman living in Ingria, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. The woman turns her back to us, showing her tall hat.
[Ref: 46136]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Kalmyk Woman.] No. 52.
[Kalmyk Woman.] No. 52. Femme tartare Kalmouck.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a Kalmyk woman, from Kalmykia by the Caspian Sea. Behind her are a figure on horseback and large tents.
[Ref: 46137]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[Mari Woman.] No. 53.
[Mari Woman.] No. 53. Femme Tcheremise sur les bords du Volga.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait Mari woman holding a basket, shown with the Volga in the background.
[Ref: 46141]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[St. Petersburg Peasant.] No. 49.
[St. Petersburg Peasant.] No. 49. Paysan des environs de St. Petersbourg.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a peasant from the country around St Petersburg, shown in a thick, fur-lined coat and pulling a sledge.
[Ref: 46134]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[St Petersberg Woman.] No. 50.
[St Petersberg Woman.] No. 50. Femme du peuple à St. Petersbourg.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a woman from St. Petersburg, shown holding a basket over her arm, houses are shown in the distance.
[Ref: 46142]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Tartar Merchant.] No. 58.
[Tartar Merchant.] No. 58. Marchand tartare de Tomsk.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a tartare merchant from Tomsk in Siberia shown wearing a large fur-lined coat; the city of Tomsk, one of the oldest in Siberia, is depicted behind the merchant.
[Ref: 46138]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Tartar Chief.] No. 56.
[Tartar Chief.] No. 56. Chef de Tartares Noguais.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a Nogais chief, from a Turkic ethnic group in the Caucasus region.
[Ref: 46140]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Tartar Chief.] No. 54.
[Tartar Chief.] No. 54. Chef de Tartares de la Crimée.
Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
[n.d, c.1820.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins
A portrait of a Tartar chief from the Crimean standing with a curved sword.
[Ref: 46133]   £150.00   (£180.00 incl.VAT)
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Europe _ Russi. Tedeschi. Valacchi.
Europe _ Russi. Tedeschi. Valacchi. Tav. LXXXIX.
G. Lago sc.
[n.d. c.1820.]
Hand-coloured etching. Plate 284 x 425mm. 11¼ x 16¾".
The three early representations of Western Europe, the subregions of Russia, the Balkans and Western-Central Europe. Divided into three groups, with the Russians in the centre looking towards a church.
[Ref: 21068]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Coupeurs de Glace.
Coupeurs de Glace.
[n.d. c.1821.]
Fine lithograph, paper watermarked. Image area 166 x 241mm. 6½ x 9½". Trimmed to image and around title area.
Ice cutters putting blocks onto a wooden carriage pulled by a horse. From an uncoloured copy of "Moeurs et costumes des Russes représentés en 50 planches coloriées exécutées en lithographie -- par A. C. Houbigant".
[Ref: 26564]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Krass Phoroche or Cranbery liquor good.
Krass Phoroche or Cranbery liquor good.
G. Orlowski del.t. J. Godby sculp.t.
Pub.d March 25 1809 & Sold by Edw.d Orme Printseller to the King. Engraver & Publisher, Bond St corner of Brook S.t. London.
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate: 240 x 315mm (9½ x 12½"). Slight crease.
A portrait of a liquor seller wearing a fur hat and holding a jug. An illustration from 'Russian Cries, in Correct Portraiture from Drawings done on the spot by G. Orlowski...' 1809.
[Ref: 44603]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Cronstadt.
Cronstadt.
Lith. Par Ph. Benoist.
Lith. Lemercier, Paris. [n.d., 1854.]
Coloured lithograph, printed area 450 x 620mm. A few small tears.
Kronstadt, the fortress on Kotlin Island, guarding the approaches to Saint Petersburg through the Gulf of Finland. During the Crimean War the Baltic Fleet of the Allies considered it too strong to approach.
[Ref: 616]   £650.00  
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Ile et Place de Cronstadt. Cronstadt Island and Strong Place.
Ile et Place de Cronstadt. Cronstadt Island and Strong Place.
Le Breton.
à Paris chez Gosselin, Imp Edit r. St. Jacques 71. [n.d., c.1856.]
Tinted lithograph, printed area 350 x 470mm. A few small marginal tears.
Kronstadt, the fortress on Kotlin Island, guarding the approaches to Saint Petersburg throught the Gulf of Finland. During the Crimean War the Baltic Fleet of the Allies considered it too strong to approach.
[Ref: 3779]   £450.00  
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[Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato, and others.]
[Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato, and others.] Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale et la Crimée, par la Hongrie, la Valachie et la Moldavie, exécuté en 1837
Raffet 1838. Imprimé par August Bry, r du Bac 134.
Chez Gihaut frères éditeurs, Boulevart des Italiens, 5. [Paris, 1838-48.]
Lithograph on chine collé, laid on original paper printed with title and inscriptions. Total printed area 320 x 220mm (11½ x 8¾") very large margins.
A group of standing officers on the deck of a boat on the Danube, including Prince Anatoly Demidov. This vignette scene was drawn by Denis Raffet and used to illustrate the titlepage of Demidov's 'Voyage dans la Russie Méridionale'. Despite being a Russian prince, Demidov (1813-70) spent much of his life in Paris, from where he financed this scientific expedition to Southern Russia, with Frenchman Denis-Auguste Raffet as the official artist.
[Ref: 48196]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Derbent, een Stadt gelegen aen de Kaspische zee, nevens het gebergte Kaukasus.
Derbent, een Stadt gelegen aen de Kaspische zee, nevens het gebergte Kaukasus.
Pet: Schenk ex: Amstelod: C.P.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Coloured engraving, plate 225 x 270mm (8¾ x 10½"). Large margins.
Derbent, now a city in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. At the time this print was made it was still under Persian rule, although it changed hands frequently throughout the 18th century until it permanently became part of Russia in 1813. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
[Ref: 39216]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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A Droschki.
A Droschki.
No.56, of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c.Pubd. Augt, 1.1820.
Hand-coloured engraving. 146 x 240mm. 5¾ x 9½".
A coach cab, or a horse-drawn carriage, as created and sold in Northern Europe. Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated, British periodical published from 1809-1829 by Rudolph Ackermann. The formal title of the publication was "Respository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it did cover all of these fields. At the time, it was considered to be of great influence to the English taste in fashion, architecture, and literature.
[Ref: 15008]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Eastjaiks.
Eastjaiks.
I. Ibbetson delin.t. L. How sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs, by Dr. J. Trusler, March 1789.
Engraving. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5). Trimmed to platemark.
The Eastjaiks were a people of Northern Russia. Six figures are depicted in this scene, one of whom is eating a fish.
[Ref: 32118]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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