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George Dawe
(1781— 1829)
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Portrait of Ivan Z. Yershov
Oil on Canvas
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
George Dawe was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleon's invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. Dawe started working in Saint Petersburg around 1819, and soon after won acclaim from the artistic establishment and was praised by Pushkin.
Portrait of Ivan G. Heidenreich
Oil on Canvas
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Portrait of Robert Ye. Renny
Oil on Canvas
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Portrait of Dmitry D. Kuruta
Oil on Canvas
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Whales
1817
Oil on Canvas
National Portrait Gallery, London
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumbernauld and the Kindo of Hanover
Oil on Canvas
National Portrait Gallery, London
Georege Dawe was the son of Philip Dawe, a successful mezzotint engraver who also produced political cartoons relating to the events of the Boston Tea Party. One of his brothers was Henry Edward Dawe, also a portraitist.
Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby
Published in 1800
By George Dawe after unknown artist
Mezzotint (print on paper)
National Portrait Gallery, London
General Alexei Yermolov
Oil on Canvas
Klodt Karl Gustave
Oil on Canvas
Portrait of Grand Duke Nicolas, Future Emperor Nicolas I
Oil on Canvas
George Dawe’s portraits are now in major British collections in the United Kingdom and around the world.
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Portrait of Ivan G. Heidenreich
Portrait of Robert Ye. Renny
Portrait of Dmitry D. Kuruta
Princess Charlotte Augusta of Whales
1817
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumbernauld and the Kindo of Hanover
Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby
General Alexei Yermolov
Klodt Karl Gustave
Portrait of Grand Duke Nicolas, Future Emperor Nicolas I
