Pre-Felton works by or after Dawe
* Dawe after Raeburn (?) Lord Alexander Abercromby {by 1865} Loc? [PR]
Unknown after Dawe Duke of Wellington 1842 {1875} NGV [PR]
Dawe’s skill as portraitist brought him to the attention of Tsar Alexander I, who invited him to Russia to portray the military heroes of the victory over Napoleon for the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. Between 1822 and 1828, he completed over 300 of these, now housed in the Hermitage.
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For Dawe, see Bénézit 4, p.509; AKL 24 (2000), pp.551-52; and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dawe