drawing;
album
- Museum number
- 1939,0711.3.1
- Description
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Caricature of P I Krivtsov, accompanied by Skibitsky kneeling at l, presenting himself to Pope Gregory XVI in Rome, from an album of portraits and caricatures illustrating Russian and foreign diplomatic circles. c.1843
Watercolour, over graphite
- Production date
- 1843 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 212 millimetres
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Width: 252 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The album was rebound in the BM retaining the original covers. See MS notes in Russian and English pasted into the back of the album. The fact that the album belonged to Count K V Nesselrode is mentioned on p.216 of Vol.3 of the 11 volume edition of his memoirs, published by Count A D Nesselrode in Paris in 1908-12, where one of the drawings from the album is reproduced.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1939,0711.3.1
