Photo of the Squadron Commander of Her Majesty's Life-Dragoon Pskov Regiment Colonel Anton Nikolaevich Zheltukhin

Russian Empire, St. Petersburg, the photo studio of Karl Bergamasco, 1883-1887.

Photo: 10.8 x 8.1 cm. Passe-partout: 16.6 x 11.2 cm.
The photo is pasted on the Bergamasco branded passe-partout at 12 Nevsky Prospekt. Mark-facsimile stamp of Bergamasco in the bottom right.

Anton Nikolaevich Zheltukhin (1834 - 1914) was Aide-de-camp of His Majesty (1880), Lieutenant General (1899). He graduated from the Nikolaev Cavalry School in 1858. In retirement from 1861 to 1877. Major General (1891). Squadron commander of Her Majesty's Life-Dragoon Pskov Regiment (1878–1891), of 1st brigade of the 3rd Cavalry Division (1891–1897). From 1897 - the commander of the 1st brigade of the 7th cavalry division. Zheltukhin participated in the Crimean War of 1854-1856 and the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878.

Bergamasco Karl Ivanovich (Charles)  (1830-1896) - owner of a photo workshop in St. Petersburg. In 1863 he received permission to be called "the photographer of the Imperial Theatres" on the condition that "he undertook to compile for the Directorate free of charge an archive and reference album of portraits of artists in all their costumes from new ballets and operas produced on the local stage". Prominent artists such as M.A. Zichi, S.K. Zaryanko and I. Charlemagne worked in his studio. In 1865, he became a photographer for Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov (senior).

He received many prizes at exhibitions in Berlin (1865, 1895), Paris (1867), Hamburg (1868), St. Petersburg (1870), Vienna (1873), London (1874), Philadelphia (1876) and others. In the 1890s, he finished his activities.