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30269who is sitting on a sofa with her mother sitting on the floor next to her and her father leaning over her 6¼" x 4¼" St Petersbourg pinhole in the top left hand corner unknown
38443showing them standing together in outdoor clothes he is wearing a casual suit and hat and has a walking stick and she has a skirt and jacket with a pillar box hat no place but Balmoral no date but slightly trimmed In 1896 after the Coronation the Royal Couple made a Royal Progress around Europe arriving at Balmoral in September and enabling the young Tsarina to see her much missed Grandmother Queen Victoria. hardcover
37146showing the young couple three quarters length with the Tsarina holding their infant daugher the Tsar is wearing uniform and his wife is informally dressed the baby is wearing a lacy white dress 6½" x 4¼" no place but St Petersburg unknown
25469of the Tsar and the Tsarevitch with press stamps on the back marked obituary 6" x 4½" 29th August no place this was one of the pictures used for the obituaries of the Royal Family after their murders in 1918. unknown
54359the first 4 show in turn Nicholas II full length in uniform shaking hands with one of a large group of officers; chatting with another officer raised behind him is the Imperial Standard with the Russian Coat of Arms; pointing towards the valley below slightly blurred in the very near foreground is a man on a stretcher being photographed; and the Tsar bending in order to look through a periscope. The other 4 show a gentle slope with troops massing to the left in the middle distance; troops making their way up a much steeper hill taken from above and quite near the leaders; the same troops a moment later apparently having been ordered to go down again -- these two give a good idea of the grassy rolling terrain; and the last showing several soldiers one giving his horse a drink and two others mounted beside a small water barrel carriage each 6¼-6½" x 9" except number 5 which is 4¾" x 8¾" no place no date circa With the stamp on the versos of Adolf Otsup of St Petersburg. The photos may have been taken for Adolf by his son Pyotr 1883-1963 who as a young man covered the Russo-Japanese war and was later a famous Soviet photographer. unknown
31031in St Petersburg decorated with the Russian eagle emblem of Nicholas II and marked underneath the rim heightened in gilt 5½ inchesacross St Petersburg c. This china was made for the Imperial family at the time of the coronation in 1896 and replacements were manufactured until 1914. Although a considerable quantity was produced over the years a survey after World War I found only about 1000 pieces had survived. The service was used at the Winter Palace. unknown
1901346384St. Petersburg 1901. One-page secretarial letter in French on mourning stationery with a secretarial copy marked in ink Copie . signé Nicolas. 1 vols. 10 x 8 inches. Old folds generally fine. With transcription and translation. One-page secretarial letter in French on mourning stationery with a secretarial copy marked in ink Copie . signé Nicolas. 1 vols. 10 x 8 inches. A formal note of condolence from Nicholas II Emperor of all the Russias styled "le bon Cousin" in the closing addressed to Ernst Gunther II 1863-1921 third Duke of Schleswig-Holstein "Monsieur Mon Cousin!" after learning of the death of Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein a grandson of Queen Victoria and British officer who died of malaria in Pretoria on 29 October 1900.<br /> <br /> A somber and attractive autograph documenting the close connections between the royal and imperial household of prewar Europe. Provenance: Dr. Herbert Ernest Klingelhofer 1915-2015 collector and former President of the Manuscript Society bought from Karl Faber 1957 unknown
22911in St Petersburg decorated with the Russian eagle emblem of Nicholas II and marked underneath the rims heightened in gilt the cup 2¼" high x 3¾" across the saucer 1" high and 5½" across St Petersburg 1902 & hairline crack on the saucer and some wear to the gilt on the handle. This china was made for the Imperial family at the time of the coronation in 1896 and replacements were manufactured until 1914. Although a considerable quantity was produced over the years a survey after World War I found only about 1000 pieces had survived. The service was used at the Winter Palace. unknown
34729showing the tsar with his family seated and standing in the garden of Sergei's country house in Russia Ilinsky near Moscow where the family went for a quiet rest after the coronation. Apparently it was a "time filled by amusement followed by amusement. It was a period of buoyant almost mad gaiety in a giddy whirl of enjoyment" according to Marie of Romania. Back Row: NICHOLAS II VICTORIA Alberta 1863-1950 Grandaughter of Queen Victoria daughter of Princess Alice of Hesse PAUL 1860-1919 Grand Duke of Russia youngest brother of Alexander III ERNST LUDWIG 1868-1937 last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse & By Rhine 1892-1918 FERDINAND 1865-1927 King of Romania Prince of Hohenzollern & his wife MARIE Alexandra 1875-1938 daughter of Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha and BEATRICE Leopoldine Victoria 1884-1966 Princess daughter of Alfred Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg wife 1909 of Alfonso 5th Duke of Galliera grandson of Isabella II and cousin of both Alfonso XIII and Queen Ena Front Row: ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA ELISABETH Alexandra Louise Alice 1864-1918 Grand Duchess Ella of Russia daughter of Ludwig IV Grand Duke of Hesse wife of Sergei of Russia became a nun and was murdered by the Bolsheviks SERGEI MIKHAILOVITCH Grand Duke 1869-1918 killed by the Bolsheviks at Alapaievsk Cousin of Tsar Alexander III MARIE 1853-1920 Grand Duchess wife of Alfred Duke of Edinburgh daughter of Alexander II Tsar of Russia and VICTORIA MELITA 1876-1936 wife of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and secondly of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich of Russia granddaughter of Queen Victoria very slight creasing along the centre has been professionally repaired This photo was taken in 1896 after the lavish coronation and the appalling tragedy of Khodinka. The young Empress Alexandra was at the height of her beauty much to the jealousy of her Edinburgh cousins. unknown