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Charles Cameron (1740- 1812 St Petersburg)
Lot 161

Charles Cameron (1740- 1812 St Petersburg)

The Empress Catherine the Great about to embark on a lake in the grounds of the Palace of Tsarkoe Selo, St Petersburg

Closed2 December 2014

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GBP 2,750

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Charles Cameron (1740- 1812 St Petersburg)
The Empress Catherine the Great about to embark on a lake in the grounds of the Palace of Tsarkoe Selo, St Petersburg
pencil and watercolour
12 ¼ x 16 ¾ in. (31 x 42.5 cm.); and a portrait of Horace Walpole, attributed to Thomas Patch (1725-1782), pencil and ochre wash

with The Manning Gallery, London.
Sir Francis Watson and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Cameron was a Scotsman who became the court architect to Empress Catherine of Russia in 1778. He worked chiefly at the imperial residence, the Palace of Tsarko Selo near St Petersburg. He brought his own interpretation of anglicized Palladianism to his extensive additions to the Royal palace evident in the much lauded Cold Baths and Agate Pavillion. The majority of his work is held in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.