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UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WEARING WHITE VEIL FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN WEARING WHITE VEIL FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.31
1825-1835
The bust-length portrait depicts an unidentified woman glancing over her left shoulder. Her brown hair is elaborately styled in a braided topknot and is embellished with a gold arrow. A...
RAFAEL GUERREIRO DA CRUZ FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
RAFAEL GUERREIRO DA CRUZ FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.32
1823-1835
Born in Lisbon, Rafael Guerreiro da Cruz (1772-1844) was the Portuguese envoy to Russia from 1823. He represented his government at the coronation of Emperor Nicholas I in 1826. In St. Petersburg...
SIR EDWARD CROMWELL DISBROWE FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
SIR EDWARD CROMWELL DISBROWE FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.33
1825-1828
The oldest child of Colonel Edward Disbrowe and Lady Charlotte Hobart, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire, Sir Edward Cromwell Disbrowe (1790-1851) grew up on his family’s estate in...
LADY ANNE DISBROWE, NÉE KENNEDY, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
LADY ANNE DISBROWE, NÉE KENNEDY, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.34
1825-1828
Lady Anne Disbrowe (née Kennedy) (1795-1855) was born of one of the first international marriages to take place in the United States. Her father was the younger son of a Scottish peer and her...
IVAN GRIGORYEVICH SENIAVIN FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
IVAN GRIGORYEVICH SENIAVIN FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.35
1827-1835
Ivan Grigoryevich Seniavin (1801-51) was born in a family which included many famous Russian officers. He began his career in the army. In the early 1830s he worked towards becoming a statesman...
ALEXANDRA VASILIEVNA SENIAVINA, NÉE D'HOGGAUER, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
ALEXANDRA VASILIEVNA SENIAVINA, NÉE D'HOGGAUER, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.36
Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (After)
1827-1835
Alexandra Vasilevna Seniavina, née d’Hoggauer (1803-1862), and her sister Elisabeth are both featured in the Middleton Album (52.39.16). They were both daughters of the Governor of Courland....
EKATERINA PAVLOVNA BAKUNINA FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
EKATERINA PAVLOVNA BAKUNINA FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.37
Petr Fedorovich Sokolov (After)
1828-1834
As a child, Ekaterina Pavlovna Bakunina (1795-1869) traveled a great deal with her parents, diplomat Pavel Petrovich Bakunin (1766-1805) and Ekaterina Alexandrovna Sablukova (1777-1846); first to...
MARY BAYLEY FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
MARY BAYLEY FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.38
1820-1834
Mary Bayley (1801-1878) was born in England to Daniel Bayley of Manchester and Maria Barbara Fock of St. Petersburg, Russia. When her father was appointed British Consul-General at St. Petersburg...
MARIE MELCHIOR JOSEPH THÉODORE DE LAGRENÉ FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
MARIE MELCHIOR JOSEPH THÉODORE DE LAGRENÉ FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.39
1823-1834
Marie Melchior Joseph Théodore de Lagrené (1800-1862) was born in Amiens, France into an old Picardian family. Little is known of his upbringing, but he entered diplomacy at an early age—by...
COUNTESS MARIE-CHARLOTTE-ALBERTINE DE LA FERRONNAYS, NÉE DU BOUCHET DE SOURCHES DE MONTSOREAU, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
COUNTESS MARIE-CHARLOTTE-ALBERTINE DE LA FERRONNAYS, NÉE DU BOUCHET DE SOURCHES DE MONTSOREAU, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.4
Unknown
1825-1827
Countess Marie-Charlotte-Albertine de la Ferronnays, née du Bouchet de Sourches de Montsoreau (1782-1848), was born into one of France’s most illustrious aristocratic families. Her father, the...
EKATERINA FOMINICHNA CHEVKINA, NÉE TOMATIS, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
EKATERINA FOMINICHNA CHEVKINA, NÉE TOMATIS, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.40
1829-1835
Ekaterina Fominichna Chevkina, née Tomatis (1812-1879), was the daughter of Thomas Ivanovich Tomatis (1753-1823). She served as a lady-in-waiting to the Empress and was part of the Middletons’...
BARONESS FRANZISKA VON GISE, NÉE BERTRAND DE ST. REMY DE LA PEROUSE, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
BARONESS FRANZISKA VON GISE, NÉE BERTRAND DE ST. REMY DE LA PEROUSE, FROM THE MIDDLETON WATERCOLOR ALBUM
52.39.41
1824-1831
Born in Chambéry, France in 1798, Baroness Franziska von Gise, née Bertrand de St. Remy de la Perouse (1798-1877), was descended from ancient Savoyard nobility. Little is known of her youth, but...