Lether case with portrait of young duke Alexander , futured Russian tsar Alexander III ( 1845 - 1894) . The lithography was created by lithographer Ivan Petrovich Beggrov (1793 -1877) after drawing by portrait and miniature painter Mikhail Ivanovich Terebenev (1795 -1864).

Literature: Thieme/Becker " Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart", Leipzig, 1999; Kondakoff " Jub.Hand book of St.Petersburg Academy 1764-1914", II ( in russian); Solovjev V.D. "Russian Artists of 18-20th centuries"(in russian), 2005.

Inscription: signed in stone (in Russian) : lower left "drawed from nature by Terebenev" and lower right "Lithograph by A.Beggrov (first litter of first name printed with mistake : "A" instead " I ")

Technique: lithography on paper , matted in velvet, lether case.

Measurements: image 3 3/8" x 4 3/4" (8,5 x 12 cm), matted 4 7/8" x 6" (11,7 x 15 cm); framed w 4 7/8 " x h 6 1/8 " (12 x 15,5 cm).

Condition: in good condition.