Lot 48
48
A PAIR OF RUSSIAN GILT BRONZE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES
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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN GILT BRONZE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES

BY A. KRUMBUGUEL, CIRCA 1880, THE PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHARLES BERGAMASCO, DATED 1888

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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN GILT BRONZE PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES
BY A. KRUMBUGUEL, CIRCA 1880, THE PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHARLES BERGAMASCO, DATED 1888
The frames surmounted by crowns, with easel supported and impressed maker's label to the reverse, the photographs with ink inscription and dated '1888', impressed 'Bergamasco' to the side
11 in. (28 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

The sitters depicted above were the Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, the Governor of Moscow and his wife, the Princess Elizabeth of Hesse by Rhine, later named Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, also known as ‘Ella’, the Grand Daughter of Queen Victoria and sister to the Tsarina. Charles Bergamasco, was the most favoured photographer among European society aristocrats during the 1860’s to 1880’s and based in St. Petersburg.

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