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Russian Cossacks in Holland: 1813
By Bas de Groot
The following are contemporary prints of Cossacks during the Russian
occupation of Holland during 1813 and 1814. They are from the following
source:
1813 Platen - verzameld door Mr. N. Beets
(onder-directeur van 's Rijks Prentenkabinet te Amsterdam), met inleiding
van Prof. Dr. H. Brugmans, Hoogleraar te Amsterdam "Premie-uitgave
van het Nieuws van den Dag" Amsterdam; J. Funke; 1913.
Which in English is:
1813 Plates, collected by mr N. Beets
(vice-director of the national printscabinet in Amsterdam), with a
preface by prof Brugmans, teacher at the University of Amsterdam
Bounty-edition of "The News of the Day" newspaper
The Plates
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1. "The City of Deventer run over by the cossacks, and the
captain of engineers wounded, on the 12th of November 1813."
Artist: A. Vinkeles, based on a drawing by J.W. Pieneman
2. A miniature of Leon Alexandrowitch Narischkin, Colonel of
Cossacks, from a family archive in St Petersburg. Narischkin
was in charge of the advance-guard of Wintzingenrode's Corps
in November 1813. Together with the Princes Gagarin and Chernicheff,
he was the principal Russian leader of Cossacks that Dutch authorities
had to work with.
3. "A Don Cossack" after an in 1813 etching by Freschi.
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4. "The burning of houses and cottages across the River IJssel
at Deventer by the French: and the attack of the Cossacks on the
26th of November 1813." Dedicated to the Right Honorable
Sir A.J.R. van Suchtelen tot de Haar:Member of the Right Honorable
States General,by the devoted servant to their Right Honorables
N. Sonnenberg after a print by J.E.Marcus
5. "Bivouac of the Cossacks outside the Muider-gate, Amsterdam,
November 1813" after a watercolor of Fr. J. Pfeiffer Jr..
in the National Prints cabinet, Amsterdam.
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6. "Bivouac of the Cossacks at Haarlem" after prints
by P. Barbiers.
7. "Cossack outpost
before Naarden" After a pendrawing by P.G. van Os, in the
State Prints Cabinet, Amsterdam.
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8. "Cossack outpost before Naarden" after a pendrawing
by P.G. van Os, in the State Prints Cabinet, Amsterdam.
9. "Out with the Regie! (French customs) ---*--- American
Wares". Anonymous cartoon on the expulsion of the French
customs officials and on the free import of American tobacco.
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10. "The lowering of the Fishbridge at Kampen and the entry
of the cossacks, on 30 November 1813." This print was made
by A. Vinkeles after a drawing by J.W. Pieneman
11. "Alexander Ivanowitch Czernitschef" after a
miniature of him dated 1822. It was made by a Mr. Lieder,
and resides in the collection of Prince Nicolas Mikhailowitch.
12. "Alexander Zemlenutin, Cossack in the Soulin 9th
Regiment" (Courtesy of Geert van Uythoven of Napoleon
and Revolution
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Placed on the Napoleon Series: August 2003
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