Russian Army: Officer of the Imperial Guard drawn 1814

A watercolour of an officer of the Russian Imperial Guard, shown mounted, riding to left, followed by three other figures. This is one of a large number of illustrations of military uniform acquired by George IV. Many of these drawings were by Denis Dighton, who was appointed Military Painter to George in 1814.

Descriptive Medium: 'Watercolour over pencil with gum arabic', 'pencil, gum arabic', 'watercolour painting'