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| Keywords: Catherine II in road dress by Drozdin (1797, priv.coll).jpg Portrait of the Empress Catherine II of Russia 1729-1796 half-length in travelling costume wearing the star of the Russian Order of St Andrew signed in cyrillic and dated 'K Petr Drozhdin 1797' Copied by Petr Drozhdin 1797 oil on canvas 28 1/8 x 21¾ in 71 3 x 55 2 cm Provenance Presumably presented to Sir Charles Whitworth K B subsequently 1st Earl Whitworth G C B P C 1752-1825 when Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Imperial Court 1788-1800 and by whom bequeathed to his widow Arabella Duchess of Dorset 1767-1825 widow of John Frederick Sackville 3rd Duke of Dorset K G P C 1745-1799 Knole Park Kent and by family inheritance at Knole recorded in a mss Catalogue of Pictures at Knole taken in 1828 no 508 in the Venetian Bedroom 'Portrait of the Empress Catharine of Russia' through her daughter by her first marriage Lady Elizabeth Sackville subsequently Sackville-West and from 1864 Baroness Buckhurst in her own right 1795-1870 wife of George 5th Earl De La Warr P C 1791-1869 to their younger son Hon Mortimer Sackville-West subsequently 1st Baron Sackville of Knole 1820-1888 Knole Park Kent and by descent http //www christies com/lotfinder/books-manuscripts/petr-semenovich-drozhdin-portrait-of-the-empress-4640498-details aspx from searchresults intObjectID 4640498 sid 7503b280-1dca-4def-9bf3-fcf31956bcd7 1797 Petr Semenovich Drozhdin 1745/49-1805 Catherine II in road dress Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Images from Christie's Private collections of Russian art PD-old-100 | ||||
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