Walker, James, approximately 1748-approximately 1822, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1 May 1803]
Call Number:
Portraits Al375 no. 1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Alexander I, Tsar of Russia; half-length, turned slightly towards right but looking at the viewer, in military uniform, with a feather-trimmed bicorne and a sash; below image, coat of arms of the Russian Empire with Alexander's monogramme at centre; after Gerhard von Kügelgen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Alexander the First Emperor and Autocrater of all the Russias
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in Russian and English., Dedications engraved beneath each title, in Russian and English. Dedication in English: Dedicated to his Imperial Majesty by his much obliged and most devoted servant James Walker. Dedication in Russian: Ego Imperatorskomu velichestvu vsepokorni︠e︡ĭshee prinoshenie ot predanni︠e︡ĭshago slugi ZHamesa Valkera., From a series of prints published by Walker in 1792: A collection of prints, from the most celebrated pictures in the gallery of her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second., and In Russian and English.
Publisher:
Published May 1, 1803, by Jas. Walker, No. 8, Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, and at Messrs. John & Josiah Boydell, Shakspear Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside, London
