Jos. Friedr. Aug. Darbes (1747-1810) «Russian senior infantry officer and wife»
A pupil of Preisler, Eriksen and Pilo in Copenhagen, Darbes was a protégé of Dorothea Herzogin von Kurland and her sister, Elisa von der Recke. Around 1784 he moved to Berlin, where he settled. Writing to Graff (29. ).