Don Cossack

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Nothing is known of the earliest years or parentage of John Augustus Atkinson. At eight or nine he travelled to St. Petersburg with engraver James Walker, who had a position within the court of Catherine the Great. Atkinson later worked in the court, producing paintings of Russian life and portraits. He also illustrated Samuel Butler's ‘Hudibras’ (1798). Atkinson and Walker returned to London in 1802, where Atkinson studied painting and illustrated books on costume and foreign life. Atkinson and Walker collaborated on several engravings until 1816, when they gave up the premises they shared in Conway Street. Atkinson exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution, Society of British Artists and Society of Painters in Water Colours.

Places

Russia

Subjects

horseback, horse, Russian (subject, nationality), spear, soldier

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), ink, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

John Augustus Atkinson (1775 - 1831/1833)

Title

Don Cossack

Date

Medium

Pen and ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 29.70 cm, width: 20.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Colnaghi, September 1953

Inscription

None visible

GAC number

2275