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Vasiliev Mikhail. 1784 - after 1839 Portrait painter. Worked in Irkutsk, gave drawing classes at Irkutsk Gymnasium. In 1800 - 1820-iеs painted the portraits of Basnins family members: V.N.Basnin (1803; 1821), his wife Е.О. Basnina (1821), their son Innokenty (1827). Portrait of V.N.Basnin. 1821 Oil on canvas. 76 х 60,5 Signed and dated, bottom right: 1821 Г.П.М.Васильевъ. Reverse side inscription: Писанъ 22 году. 1821 Г. октебря 28 дня пополудни в 9-м Часу родилса сынъ Александръ. Послщенъ С:П:Невскому 30 ч. августа 1822-го декабря 15 дня пополуночи въ 4-м часу родилась дочь Анфiя. SHM Inv. 85529/ИI-5589 Purchased in 1953 from S.N.Basnina, Moscow; earlier - in the private collection of Basnins family in Irkutsk. Basnin Vasily Nikolaevich (1799-1876), Kyahtin and then Irkutsk merchant, Mayor of Irkutsk (1850-1852). Since 1854 lived in Moscow. Studied history and botany, was engaged in meteorological monitoring. Since 1851 - member of the Russian Imperial Geographical Society. Collected books, engravings and scores. The author of the memoirs «Impressions of the Young Siberian», in which he describes his journey to St.Petersburg in 1828.