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THE RUSSIAN SALE | 3 THE RUSSIAN SALE Wednesday 29 November 2017 at 3pm 101 New Bond Street, London BONHAMS BIDS ENQUIRIES ILLUSTRATIONS 101 New Bond Street +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 London Front cover: Lot 137 (detail) London W1S 1SR +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Back cover: Lot 135 Daria Chernenko To bid via the internet please visit Inside front: Lot 10 +44 (0) 20 7468 8338 www.bonhams.com www.bonhams.com Inside back: Lot 30 [email protected] Opposite page: Lot 137 Please provide details of the VIEWING Cynthia Coleman Sparke Sunday 26 November 2017 lots on which you wish to place To submit a claim for refund of +44 (0) 20 7468 8357 11am to 3pm bids at least 24 hours prior to VAT, HMRC require lots to be [email protected] Monday 27 November 2017 the sale. exported from the EU within strict 9am to 4.30pm deadlines. 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SALE Central Middlesex Acton Ln Hospital Park Royal INFORMATION Acton Ln Cadogan Tate Coronation Road W e d s P a te a o r r n R k A v e R e s A o 40 a y h a Park l C Royal iWestern Ave A40 R o Station a 0 d 0 Acton 0 North 4 Cemetery A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V West Acton Horn Lane Station BIDS BUYERS COLLECTION & IMPORTANT NOTICE +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 STORAGE AFTER SALE A surcharge of 2% is applicable +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax All sold lots will remain in the when using MasterCard & To bid via the internet Collections room at Bonhams Visa Credit cards and overseas please visit New Bond Street debit cards. www.bonhams.com Without charge until 5.30pm Tuesday 12 December 2017 Payment in Advance PAYMENTS lots not collected by this time will (Telephone to ascertain amount Buyers be be returned to the Department due) by: cash, cheque with +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 where storage charges may apply. banker’s card, credit or debit +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax card. 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Subscriptions Department +44 (0) 1666 502200 +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax [email protected] SHIPPING For information and estimates on domestic and international shipping as well as export licenses please contact Alban Shipping on +44 (0) 1582 493 099 [email protected] 1 SERGEI SOLOMKO (1867-1928) The handsome boyar signed in Cyrillic (lower right) watercolour on paper 15 x 28cm (5 7/8 x 11in). £4,000 - 6,000 US$5,300 - 7,900 €4,400 - 6,600 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. THE RUSSIAN SALE | 5 2 ATTRIBUTED TO JAN KANIEWSKI (1805- 1867) Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich oil on board 17 x 14.5cm (6 11/16 x 5 11/16in). £9,000 - 10,000 US$12,000 - 13,000 €10,000 - 11,000 The 20-year-old Russian Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich, future Emperor Alexander II of Russia, is presented wearing the uniform of a major-general of Leib-Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment. He is wearing the same uniform as in a well-known watercolour by Woldemar Hau, 1841. Most possibly, this small portrait was painted in Rome during the Grand Duke’s several-months-long stay in this city. The engraving after this portrait was included in D. A. Rovinski’s “Detailed Dictionary of Russian Engraved Portraits”. The Russian text beneath the engraving is as follows: “I.