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Image Not Available for Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia
Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia
Image Not Available for Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia

Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia

MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 41 1/2 × 31in. (105.4 × 78.7cm)
Credit LineGift of Silas E. Burroughs
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.
Object number1860.1.0
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."
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