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| Vast Nicholas I portrait unveiled as Russians storm palace | Vast Nicholas I portrait unveiled as Russians storm palace |
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| A bewilderingly vast painting of the Russian emperor Nicholas I that he commissioned and had placed in an ornate frame has gone on public display for the first time. | A bewilderingly vast painting of the Russian emperor Nicholas I that he commissioned and had placed in an ornate frame has gone on public display for the first time. |
| The 1847 painting by Franz Krüger was a gift to Queen Victoria, who had it placed in the principal corridor of Buckingham Palace. In the 1920s it went to Windsor and in the 1930s it was taken down and rolled up, never to be seen again until now. | The 1847 painting by Franz Krüger was a gift to Queen Victoria, who had it placed in the principal corridor of Buckingham Palace. In the 1920s it went to Windsor and in the 1930s it was taken down and rolled up, never to be seen again until now. |
| “We feel it holds the wall,” said the co-curator Stephen Patterson, looking up at the newly conserved, nearly 3.5-metre tall artwork on display at the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace. | “We feel it holds the wall,” said the co-curator Stephen Patterson, looking up at the newly conserved, nearly 3.5-metre tall artwork on display at the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace. |
| The painting is one of almost 300 works in an exhibition exploring the close links between the British royal family and the Romanovs. | The painting is one of almost 300 works in an exhibition exploring the close links between the British royal family and the Romanovs. |
| The show includes fabulous examples of Fabergé objects, including the three Fabergé Imperial easter eggs purchased by George V and Queen Mary. There are also paintings, jewellery, costumes, books, letters and photographs, many of which are going on public display for the first time. | The show includes fabulous examples of Fabergé objects, including the three Fabergé Imperial easter eggs purchased by George V and Queen Mary. There are also paintings, jewellery, costumes, books, letters and photographs, many of which are going on public display for the first time. |
| Behind many of the artworks are fascinating stories. For example, a Godfrey Kneller portrait of a young and dashing Peter the Great, which the tsar gave to William III during an incognito three-month trip to England in 1698. | Behind many of the artworks are fascinating stories. For example, a Godfrey Kneller portrait of a young and dashing Peter the Great, which the tsar gave to William III during an incognito three-month trip to England in 1698. |
| The visit came during Peter’s grand embassy, a part diplomatic, part fact-finding tour of western Europe. Travelling under the name Peter Mikhailov, the tsar took lodgings in Norfolk Street, near the Strand in London, before moving to Deptford for a time so he could watch ships being built. | The visit came during Peter’s grand embassy, a part diplomatic, part fact-finding tour of western Europe. Travelling under the name Peter Mikhailov, the tsar took lodgings in Norfolk Street, near the Strand in London, before moving to Deptford for a time so he could watch ships being built. |
| Caroline de Guitaut, a co-curator of the show, said it was an attempt by Peter to open up to the west. “This is the first time a Russian ruler has left Russian soil, he wants to find out about the rest of the world, he wants to know how they build ships, he wants to make Russia an enlightened place.” | Caroline de Guitaut, a co-curator of the show, said it was an attempt by Peter to open up to the west. “This is the first time a Russian ruler has left Russian soil, he wants to find out about the rest of the world, he wants to know how they build ships, he wants to make Russia an enlightened place.” |
| Newly discovered photographs reveal family life of the Romanovs | Newly discovered photographs reveal family life of the Romanovs |
| She said many of the works documented the closeness and overlapping patronage of the two royal families. “They were using the same artists; British artists going to Russia, Russian artists coming here.” | She said many of the works documented the closeness and overlapping patronage of the two royal families. “They were using the same artists; British artists going to Russia, Russian artists coming here.” |
| The show also includes some of the earliest known photographs of Moscow and St Petersburg, taken by an Irish corporal, James Mack. He was accompanying Lord Granville, Victoria’s representative, to the coronation of Alexander II at the Kremlin in 1856. | The show also includes some of the earliest known photographs of Moscow and St Petersburg, taken by an Irish corporal, James Mack. He was accompanying Lord Granville, Victoria’s representative, to the coronation of Alexander II at the Kremlin in 1856. |
| One picture shows three cheerful, heavily bearded mujiks, or serfs, taken in 1856; another is of Russian peasants making hay in Peterhof Park. | One picture shows three cheerful, heavily bearded mujiks, or serfs, taken in 1856; another is of Russian peasants making hay in Peterhof Park. |
| Other works going on display for the first time include watercolours commissioned for the wedding of Victoria’s son Alfred to the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, daughter of Alexander II, at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. | Other works going on display for the first time include watercolours commissioned for the wedding of Victoria’s son Alfred to the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, daughter of Alexander II, at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. |
| Victoria was advised not to go so Alfred commissioned Nicholas Chevalier to record the day in a series of watercolour sketches. They show two wedding services, one Orthodox and one Anglican, overseen by the Dean of Westminster; a banquet held for 300 guests and a ball attended by more than 3,000 people. | Victoria was advised not to go so Alfred commissioned Nicholas Chevalier to record the day in a series of watercolour sketches. They show two wedding services, one Orthodox and one Anglican, overseen by the Dean of Westminster; a banquet held for 300 guests and a ball attended by more than 3,000 people. |
| Accompanying the show is a display of extraordinary photographs by Roger Fenton of the Crimean War, showing exhausted troops and desolate landscapes. Taken in 1855, they are considered some of the most important visual accounts of conflict, having helped give birth to the war photography discipline. | Accompanying the show is a display of extraordinary photographs by Roger Fenton of the Crimean War, showing exhausted troops and desolate landscapes. Taken in 1855, they are considered some of the most important visual accounts of conflict, having helped give birth to the war photography discipline. |
| • Russia: Royalty and the Romanovs is at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 9 November until 28 April | • Russia: Royalty and the Romanovs is at the Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 9 November until 28 April |
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