Drawing
- Title:
- Cossack
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1946.018.34
- Creator:
- Lefevre, Robert-Jacques-Francois-Faust
- Place of Origin:
- Paris, France
- Date:
- 1815-1830
- Description:
- Portrait of a Russian Cossack, attributed to Robert Lefevre (1755-1830), 1815-1830. Pastel crayon on paper on cardboard. Standing portrait of a man wearing a military uniform: bicorne hat with red plume, white coat with black cuffs and lapels, red epaulets, white waistcoat, white trousers, striped red and blue, and white spatterdashes. Powder horn and bag worn on sitter's right. A rifle with bayonet in sitter's left hand. Figure wearing light blue trousers and red cuff on the ground behind sitter. Man on a horse and rows of soldiers left middle ground. Windmill right background. Hand-drawn ink border. Pastel inscription bottom center: "[illegible] 1815". Paper label on the reverse in ink by Countess Rumford: " This is one of the famous Russian / Cosacs - they who did their part towards / suppressing Bonaparte's horrid career. / Copied & given to me by my friend / Mr. Lefebvre of Paris. / S. Rumford / (Present time 3rd June 1852. Concord N.H." Wood frame with mahogany inlay, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
Cardboard - Dimensions:
- H-20 W-15 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is grandson of John Burgum (1826-1907) and Emma Gannell (1826-1923), the adopted daughter of Countess Rumford. Donor's father was Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).
Charles Robert Lefebvre was the son of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford. - Credit Line:
- The Edwin G. Burgum Collection
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