Lot Essay
Vickers was sent to Russia by Charles Heath in 1834, commissioned to make the drawings for his Picturesque Annual
Details
Alfred Gomersal Vickers (1810-1837)
The Tower of the St. Nikolsky Church, St. Petersburg
inscribed on the reverse 'Tower of the Nikolsky church,/St. Petersburg, with preparations/for the ceremony of blessing the/waters of the River Neva'; pencil and watercolour
12¾ x 8 7/8in. (324 x 225mm.)
The Tower of the St. Nikolsky Church, St. Petersburg
inscribed on the reverse 'Tower of the Nikolsky church,/St. Petersburg, with preparations/for the ceremony of blessing the/waters of the River Neva'; pencil and watercolour
12¾ x 8 7/8in. (324 x 225mm.)
Provenance
A watercolour of this subject was included in the Artist's Sale in these Rooms, 16 and 17 Feb., 1837, lot 120 ((1 6s to Colnaghi)
Engraved
Charles Heath, Picturesque Annual, 1836 (frontispiece)