Lot Essay
Contains formal portraits of Russian aristocrats at the 1903 costume ball in the Winter Palace, taken by Bergamasco who for some time was an official court photographer.
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Portraits of the Russian aristocracy, circa 1903
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CHARLES BERGAMASCO
Portraits of the Russian aristocracy, circa 1903
Album of fourteen cabinet card portraits, 8¼ x 4¼ in., photographer's credit stamp to reverse of each card CH. BERGAMASCO, PHOTOGRAPHE DE SA MAJESTÉ L'IMPERATRICE ET DE PLUSIEURS COURS, ST. PETERSBOURG, PERSP. DE NEVSKY, 12 , inserted in pre-cut window mounts with gilt borders, reddish-brown leather, metal clasp, 11 x 8 in.; with an additional cabinet card portrait by another photographer titled Sir Julius Wernher in a later hand
Portraits of the Russian aristocracy, circa 1903
Album of fourteen cabinet card portraits, 8¼ x 4¼ in., photographer's credit stamp to reverse of each card CH. BERGAMASCO, PHOTOGRAPHE DE SA MAJESTÉ L'IMPERATRICE ET DE PLUSIEURS COURS, S
Provenance
Apparently purchased by the current owner from the Luton Hoo auction of Sir Julius Wernher's collection. Sir Julius' second son, Sir Harold Wernher later lived at Luton Hoo with his wife, Lady Zia, daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovitch of Russia.