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Lot n° 468

GARDE IMPÉRIALE RUSSE VERNET

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Military gallery or collection of Russian Imperial Guard uniforms, bound in large folio (570x480 mm), containing 27 large lithographs (530x450 mm) out of 56 existing, signed Ulrich Steinbach (1831-1852) and Auguste Bry (1805-1883), after Pierre Marie Vernet (1797-1875) printed in St. Petersburg, enhanced in watercolor and gouache, presented in an ornamental border surmounted by the double-headed eagle of the Romanoffs, dated from 1840 to 1842, depicting the "Ismailovsky Regiment", "Grodno Hussars Regiment", "Semenoski Regiment in Winter Dress", "Guard Chasseurs Regiment", "Preobrazhenski Regiment", "Guard Sappers Battalion", "Horse Artillery", "Guards Sailors' Crew", "Volhynia Regiment of Chasseurs", "King of Prussia Regiment", "Guards Grenadiers", "General Aide de Camp", "Moscow Regiment", "Cuirassiers Regiment of S. M. l'Empereur", "Cuirassiers de S.A.I. l'Héritier", "Regiment de l'Empereur d'Autriche", "Bataillon des Tirailleurs de Finlande", "Gendarmes de la Garde", "Aide de Camp", "Escadre des Pionniers à cheval", "Régiment des Dragons de la Garde", "Régiment des Chasseurs de Finlande", "Régiment de Lithuanie", "Artillerie d'Infanterie", "Régiment des Grenadiers à cheval", "Régiment Préobrajenski en tenue de route". Contemporary wear to binding, minor foxing, but overall good condition.