Lot Essay
General Count Platov (1757-1818) came to London in June 1818 with the Czar and the other Allies to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon in which the General played a major part
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Russian School, circa 1800
Matvei Ivanovitch, General Count Platov Hetman of the Cassocks, facing right in dark blue uniform and silver embroidered collar and epaulettes, wearing the sash and star of St. Andrew of Russia, badges of the order of St. Anne and St. George, the order of Maria Theresia and the Polish order of St. Stanislas
gilt-metal mount
oval, 2 1/8in. high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 3)
Matvei Ivanovitch, General Count Platov Hetman of the Cassocks, facing right in dark blue uniform and silver embroidered collar and epaulettes, wearing the sash and star of St. Andrew of Russia, badges of the order of St. Anne and St. George, the order of Maria Theresia and the Polish order of St. Stanislas
gilt-metal mount
oval, 2 1/8in. high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 3)