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The backing paper is inscribed 'S. Excellence Mr. de Bulgakoff. Conseiller privé actuel. Chevalier de plusieurs ordres & 1834 '.
A young gentleman called Bulgakoff, facing left in moss-green coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing two breast stars including the cross of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, and the cross of the Imperial Russian Order of St Vladimir suspended from a red and black ribbon about his neck; cloud and sky background
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HENRI BENNER (1776 - AFTER 1829)
A young gentleman called Bulgakoff, facing left in moss-green coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing two breast stars including the cross of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, and the cross of the Imperial Russian Order of St Vladimir suspended from a red and black ribbon about his neck; cloud and sky background
watercolour on card laid down on metal
oval, 5½ in. (142 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
A young gentleman called Bulgakoff, facing left in moss-green coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing two breast stars including the cross of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, and the cross of the Imperial Russian Order of St Vladimir suspended from a red and black ribbon about his neck; cloud and sky background
watercolour on card laid down on metal
oval, 5½ in. (142 mm.) high, gilt-metal mount
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