Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
December 6, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 117
Additional Source Text:
"The walls were covered with a similar incrustation."
The donor is described as "of St. Petersburg."
Notes:
The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, was built on Slotsholmen beginning in 1745 as a new main residence for King Christian VI of Denmark. It was destroyed by fire in 1794. "The façade was covered in sandstone and lavishly decorated with vases, reliefs, sculptures and ornamental details on cornices and window frames. . . . The interior was also in Rococo style and lavishly decorated." Wikipedia
Philadelphian Willilam D. Lewis lived in Russia from 1814 to 1819 representing the interests of his brother's mercantile firm. See Norman E. Saul, "America's First Student of Russian: William David Lewis of Philadelphia," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 96, no. 4 (Oct. 1972): 469-479.
