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Portrait of Anna Grigor'evna Engel'gardt, half length, in white dress with ruff, wearing a frilled cap with blue ribbons; and a portrait of Aleksandr Egorovich Engel'gardt, three-quarter length, seated by a window with a portrait of the above on a table beside him, dressed in black velvet trimmed brown dressing gown with red cravat and blue cap, holding a pipe
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Evgenii Petrovich (Ivanovich) Zhitnev (1809-1860)
Portrait of Anna Grigor'evna Engel'gardt, half length, in white dress with ruff, wearing a frilled cap with blue ribbons; and a portrait of Aleksandr Egorovich Engel'gardt, three-quarter length, seated by a window with a portrait of the above on a table beside him, dressed in black velvet trimmed brown dressing gown with red cravat and blue cap, holding a pipe
the first signed in Cyrillic 'A. Zhitnev' (lower right) and inscribed in Russian 'Little sister Anna Grigor['evna] Engl'gardt born 4 January 1802, died in Heidleburg 12 September 1840. Her body was taken and buried in Taitsku[?] church 12 September 1841 [signed] A. Del...[?]' (on reverse); the second inscribed in Russian 'Aleksandr Egorovich Engel'gardt died 22nd December 1843' (on reverse)
pencil and watercolour on buff card; pencil, watercolour and black ink on buff card
8¾ x 7in. (22.3 x 18cm.) approx. (2)
Portrait of Anna Grigor'evna Engel'gardt, half length, in white dress with ruff, wearing a frilled cap with blue ribbons; and a portrait of Aleksandr Egorovich Engel'gardt, three-quarter length, seated by a window with a portrait of the above on a table beside him, dressed in black velvet trimmed brown dressing gown with red cravat and blue cap, holding a pipe
the first signed in Cyrillic 'A. Zhitnev' (lower right) and inscribed in Russian 'Little sister Anna Grigor['evna] Engl'gardt born 4 January 1802, died in Heidleburg 12 September 1840. Her body was taken and buried in Taitsku[?] church 12 September 1841 [signed] A. Del...[?]' (on reverse); the second inscribed in Russian 'Aleksandr Egorovich Engel'gardt died 22nd December 1843' (on reverse)
pencil and watercolour on buff card; pencil, watercolour and black ink on buff card
8¾ x 7in. (22.3 x 18cm.) approx. (2)