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Christian Wilhelm von Faber du Faur (1780 in Stuttgart – 1867 in Stuttgart) was a German painter. He first devoted himself to painting but subsequently became a soldier and as a lieutenant served in the French invasion of Russia which he afterwards illustrated by his sketches in a work entitled Blatter aus meinem Portefeuille im Laufe des Feldzugs 1812 published in 1831–44. His most noteworthy paintings are The Passage of the Beresina a work of great merit and The Coffee-House at Wilna.
