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RUSSIAN COINS BRACELET
RUSSIAN COINS BRACELET
2012.10
Before 1942
Bracelet of 15 silver Russian czar coins with dates ranging from 1902-1915. The donor, Beverly Stoney Johnson was told Marjorie Post collected the expired coins from peasants while en poste and...
MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39
Alphonse Giroux et Cie (Artist)
1825-1835
The Middleton Watercolor Album consists of a collection of 45 watercolor portraits bound in leather covers with neo-gothic embossing and a gilt bronze clasp in the same style. The album relates to...
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS PAVLOVICH (NICHOLAS I) FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS PAVLOVICH (NICHOLAS I) FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.1
George Dawe (After)
1821-1830
Emperor Nicholas I was the son of Emperor Paul I and the grandson of Catherine the Great. His elder brother was Emperor Alexander I. Many portraits of Nicholas I were made after George Dawe’s...
VARVARA IVANOVNA LANSKAYA, NÉE ODOEVSKAYA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
VARVARA IVANOVNA LANSKAYA, NÉE ODOEVSKAYA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.10
Unknown
1825-1835
The daughter of General Ivan Ivanovich Odoevsky (1742-1806) and Anastasia Ivanovna Izmailova (1769-1807), Varvara Ivanovna Lanskaya, née Odoevskaya (1790-1845), was born into a Russian noble...
GENERAL REINHARD OTTO FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON SCHÖLER FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
GENERAL REINHARD OTTO FRIEDRICH AUGUST VON SCHÖLER FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.11
1820-1834
Born in 1772 in the then Prussian city of Wesel, Reinhard Otto Friedrich August von Schöler (1772-1840) was the younger son of a Major General in the Prussian army. Friedrich quickly followed in...
BARON FRIEDRICH WILHELM HEINRICH ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
BARON FRIEDRICH WILHELM HEINRICH ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.12
Unknown
ca. 1829
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was the second son of a prominent Pomeranian family. His father, a Prussian army officer, died during his early youth, leaving his...
ANASTASIA SERGEYEVNA MORGENSTIERNA, NÉE SALTYKOVA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
ANASTASIA SERGEYEVNA MORGENSTIERNA, NÉE SALTYKOVA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.13
Unknown
1827-1835
Anastasia Sergeyevna Morgenstierna, née Saltykova (1810-1853) was born into a noble family whose ancestor, Sergey Saltykov (1726-1765), was Catherine the Great’s first favorite. A renowned...
COUNTESS SOPHIA DE LAVAL DE LA LOUBRERIE FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
COUNTESS SOPHIA DE LAVAL DE LA LOUBRERIE FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.14
1825-1835
Countess Sophia de Laval de la Loubrerie (later von der Borch) (1809-1871) was the younger daughter of Count and Countess Jean-Charles François and Alexandra de Laval de la Loubrerie, a couple at...
UNIDENTIFIED MAN FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
UNIDENTIFIED MAN FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.15
1825-1835
The bust-length portrait portrays an unidentified older man sitting on a chair with red upholstery, facing right, eyes looking forward, beside a grey wall. On the right, a window looks out onto a...
ELISABETH VASILEVNA MEYENDORF, NÉE D’HOGGUER, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
ELISABETH VASILEVNA MEYENDORF, NÉE D’HOGGUER, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.16
Unknown
1825-1835
Elisabeth Vasilevna Meyendorf, née d’Hogguer (1802-1873) was one of two daughters of Baron Vasily Danilovich d’Hogguer (ca. 1731-1816), Governor of Courland. Her sister Alexandra is also...
COUNTESS MATILDA GARDANNE DE VAULGRENNAND, NÉE DE BETANCOURT Y MOLINA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
COUNTESS MATILDA GARDANNE DE VAULGRENNAND, NÉE DE BETANCOURT Y MOLINA, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.17
1825-1835
Born in Spain around 1804, Countess Matilda Gardanne de Vaulgrennand,née de Betancourt y Molina (c. 1804-c.1880), was the youngest daughter of Agustín de Betancourt y Molina, a well-known...
PRINCE FELIX ZU SCHWARZENBERGFROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
PRINCE FELIX ZU SCHWARZENBERGFROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.18
c.1824-1826
The half-length portrait presents Prince Felix zu Schwarzenberg facing partly left, eyes looking forward, against a dark grey background. The young prince is shown with tousled dark hair,...