Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA, British 1802-1873- Portrait of Nicholas I of Russia; pencil and grey wash on paper, signed with the artist's monogram (centre right), and inscribed and dated probably by the hand of Alfred Count D'Orsay 'Gore House / 9...
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA, British 1802-1873- Portrait of Nicholas I of Russia; pencil and grey wash on paper, signed with the artist's monogram (centre right), and inscribed and dated probably by the hand of Alfred Count D'Orsay 'Gore House / 9 aout 1844' (lower right), 27.5 x 21.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK.; Anon. sale, Bonhams, Oxford, 30 June 2015, lot 262. Note: The present work has been seen and authenticated by Richard Ormond, CBE in 2010. It is Mr Ormond's opinion that the inscription is probably the hand of Alfred, Count D'Orsay, who lived at Gore House in Kensington with his wife Lady Blessington until 1849. The Countess of Blessington was a well known socialite and Gore House, which stood where the Royal Albert Hall does today, was a hub for the social and intellectual elite of her day. Tsar Nicholas I and his family stayed in London from the 1-10 June 1844. They visited Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, and The Duke of Devonshire hosted an Imperial banquet in their honour at Chiswick House, which was documented at the time by the Illustrated London News. A lithograph of the present work is in the collection of the British Musuem [inv.1886 28/1], published in 1855 by J. Hogarth of Vincent Books.
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, RA, British 1802-1873- Portrait of Nicholas I of Russia; pencil and grey wash on paper, signed with the artist's monogram (centre right), and inscribed and dated probably by the hand of Alfred Count D'Orsay 'Gore House / 9 aout 1844' (lower right), 27.5 x 21.5 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK.; Anon. sale, Bonhams, Oxford, 30 June 2015, lot 262. Note: The present work has been seen and authenticated by Richard Ormond, CBE in 2010. It is Mr Ormond's opinion that the inscription is probably the hand of Alfred, Count D'Orsay, who lived at Gore House in Kensington with his wife Lady Blessington until 1849. The Countess of Blessington was a well known socialite and Gore House, which stood where the Royal Albert Hall does today, was a hub for the social and intellectual elite of her day. Tsar Nicholas I and his family stayed in London from the 1-10 June 1844. They visited Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, and The Duke of Devonshire hosted an Imperial banquet in their honour at Chiswick House, which was documented at the time by the Illustrated London News. A lithograph of the present work is in the collection of the British Musuem [inv.1886 28/1], published in 1855 by J. Hogarth of Vincent Books.
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