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The gallery devoted to the War of 1812 was created by Carlo Rossi
in 1826 in commemoration of Russian victories in the Napoleonic
Wars. On the walls hang 332 portraits of the generals who were heroes
of the Patriotic War of 1812 and European campaigns of 1813-14.
These portraits were created by the British artist George Dawe with
the participation of Russian artists Alexander Poliakov and Wilhelm
Golike. At the short ends of the Gallery hang equestrian portraits
of Emperor Alexander I and his ally in the war with Napoleon, Frederick
William III of Prussia (both by Franz Kruger), and of the Austrian
Emperor Francis I (by Johann Peter Krafft). Formal portraits of
General-Field Marshals Mikhail Kutuzov and Mikhail Barclay de Tolly
are hung on the sides of the door leading to the St. George Hall
(Large Throne Room).
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