EMPEROR NICHOLAS I IN VICE- UNIFORM OF THE CAVALRY REGIMENT PETER SMIRNOV, BASED ON THE ORIGINAL BY F. KRUGER (1797 – 1867). Lithography, circa 1854

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57 x 40.5 cm. Under the image: Professor Kruger painted in life - picture on the stone by Peter Smirnov / Edition of the main literature department of the Rail Ways and public buildings (K.Pol, Director) S.Petersburg. This type of portrait of the Emperor, approved as a model, was distributed in copies and intended forplacement in public institutions and public places. Version 1852, representing the model in the same uniform being kept in the Hermitage (inv. No. 7687)