Portrait of Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn
Date
c.1825
Sitter
Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn (1771 - 1844, Russian) , Military officer
Creator
Henry Edward Dawe (1790, British) , Engraver
After
George Dawe (1781, British) , Painter
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Description
Half-length portrait of Dmitry Golitsyn in military uniform with a collection of medals prominently displayed on his jacket. He is wrapped in a fur-trimmed coat and shown against the background of a clouded sky. Engraved after an oil painting by George Dawe now in the Hermitage Museum.
Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn (1771-1844), Russian military general, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
His descendant Prince Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862-1916), Russian physicist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1916.
Prince Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn (1771-1844), Russian military general, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
His descendant Prince Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862-1916), Russian physicist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1916.