Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 41 1/2 × 31in. (105.4 × 78.7cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Silas E. Burroughs
Object number1860.1.0
DescriptionPortrait of Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, in middle age. He has a mustache and is wearing tan trousers and a blue uniform coat with many military decorations. His left hand rests on the hilt of a sword; his right arm is extended slightly from his body. The painting is in a heavily gilded frame.
NotesSubject note, from Albert Carlos Bates card: Portrait presented by the subject to Silas E. Burrows of Groton, Connecticut, in 1848 and forwarded to the Connecticut Historical Society by Thomas H. Seymour. Mr. Burrows sailed into the harbor of St. Petersburg on August 31, 1848. On September 5th, John G. Kutusoff, Russian Councilor of State, came on board the Patapsco to pay him his respects "as the owner of the first American vessel which had ever been up to Petersburg."Status
Not on view
Alexander Romanov II
St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church
