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JOHN AXEL RICHARD BEER (1853-1906)
Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, driving in a sleigh at St Petersburg in snow
signed and dated 1889RCIN 920950
John Ber (also known as Beer) worked for both the Russian court and for Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, brother-in-law to Maria Feodorovna. This atmospheric watercolour depicts the Empress in a traditional Russian sleigh, driven across the Anichkov Bridge in St Petersburg.
Possibly acquired by Queen Alexandra when Princess of Wales.
Possibly acquired by Queen Alexandra when Princess of Wales.
