published by 'Ste. Russie' Paris showing them full face the Emperor in uniform on the left the Empress seated on the right with Olga the others standing Alexei in a 'Standart' sailor uniform the Empress and her daughters bareheaded the older two have put their hair up 5�" x 3�" taken about 1914 this card apparently an early reproduction of about unknown
in St Petersburg decorated with the Russian eagle emblem of Nicholas II and marked underneath the rims heightened in gilt and the crest black emblazoned with gold blue and red 9 inches diameter St Petersburg circa It is nice to find plates that were used on the Standart in the days when the Imperial family was happy before their tragic end. 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
in St Petersburg decorated with the Russian eagle emblem of Nicholas II and marked underneath the rim heightened in gilt 5� 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
in St Petersburg decorated with the Russian eagle emblem of Nicholas II and marked underneath the rims heightened in gilt the cup 2�" high x 3�" across the saucer 1" high and 5�" across St Petersburg 1902 & 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
in St Petersburg decorated with the Russian eagle emblem of Nicholas II and marked underneath the rims heightened in gilt the cup 2�" high x 3�" across the saucer 1" high and 5�" 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
the 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 6�-6�" x 9" except number 5 which is 4�" x 8�" 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
on Khodynka field enamelled in blue and red with gilt decoration May some chips on the edge As part of the coronation celebrations a huge festival was arranged to take place on Khodynka Field just outside Moscow. There were to be musical and theatrical performances a 'Royal appearance' and a magnificent gift to each visitor. The packages contained half a pound of hard sausage bread rolls sweets nuts gingerbread and an enamel mug gilded and decorated with the tsar's monogram all wrapped up in a coloured handkerchief. The theatrical performances included "spectacles never seen before" and a circus programme featuring Durov's performing animals. The combination of all these attractions brought the crowds in droves. The feeling of the visitors is summed up by a workman Vasily Krasnov "To wait until morning so as to come for ten o'clock the time appointed for the distribution of gifts and commemorative mugs seemed plain stupid to me. With so many people there'd be nothing left . Am I going to live to see another coronation . They said the mugs were very pretty and would last forever . a real marvel .". The authorities had chosen the most unsuitable venue in Khodynka field surrounded with deep ditches gullies and trenches a training ground for troops. The weather was good and the people of Moscow decided to spend the night in the field but as ill luck would have it there was no moon and the field was completely dark. The people continued to arrive and stumbled and fell into the gullies the immense crowd became more tightly packed until by the morning half a million people were jammed into the field with no exit and more were arriving all the time. The police and cossacks sent to 'maintain order' were wholly inadequate to avert the disaster and thousands were trampled to death and many more dreadfully injured. The official statistics stated that nearly 3000 people suffered and half of those died. The true numbers of casualties - people crippled killed or psychologically traumatised - is incalculable. As the people continued to arrive in the morning they met the strings of carts carrying away the dead and injured. Nicholas was then faced with the question of whether to continue with the happy celebrations or to cancel them and have a day of mourning instead. With lamentable bad judgement he decided that as such a great mass of people had travelled to Moscow from all over the world for the celebration that he could not disappoint them and so he ordered the programme to continue as planned. This tragedy cast a cloud on the new Tsar's reign which was never lifted and was certainly one of the first major causes of their ultimate overthrow. unknown
on Khodynka field enamelled in blue and red with gilt decoration May As part of the coronation celebrations a huge festival was arranged to take place on Khodynka Field just outside Moscow. There were to be musical and theatrical performances a 'Royal appearance' and a magnificent gift to each visitor. The packages contained half a pound of hard sausage bread rolls sweets nuts gingerbread and an enamel mug gilded and decorated with the tsar's monogram all wrapped up in a coloured handkerchief. The theatrical performances included "spectacles never seen before" and a circus programme featuring Durov's performing animals. The combination of all these attractions brought the crowds in droves. The feeling of the visitors is summed up by a workman Vasily Krasnov "To wait until morning so as to come for ten o'clock the time appointed for the distribution of gifts and commemorative mugs seemed plain stupid to me. With so many people there'd be nothing left . Am I going to live to see another coronation . They said the mugs were very pretty and would last forever . a real marvel .". The authorities had chosen the most unsuitable venue in Khodynka field surrounded with deep ditches gullies and trenches a training ground for troops. The weather was good and the people of Moscow decided to spend the night in the field but as ill luck would have it there was no moon and the field was completely dark. The people continued to arrive and stumbled and fell into the gullies the immense crowd became more tightly packed until by the morning half a million people were jammed into the field with no exit and more were arriving all the time. The police and cossacks sent to 'maintain order' were wholly inadequate to avert the disaster and thousands were trampled to death and many more dreadfully injured. The official statistics stated that nearly 3000 people suffered and half of those died. The true numbers of casualties - people crippled killed or psychologically traumatised - is incalculable. As the people continued to arrive in the morning they met the strings of carts carrying away the dead and injured. Nicholas was then faced with the question of whether to continue with the happy celebrations or to cancel them and have a day of mourning instead. With lamentable bad judgement he decided that as such a great mass of people had travelled to Moscow from all over the world for the celebration that he could not disappoint them and so he ordered the programme to continue as planned. This tragedy cast a cloud on the new Tsar's reign which was never lifted and was certainly one of the first major causes of their ultimate overthrow. unknown
showing them all full length sitting and standing outside a modest looking building with their dog 3�" x 2�" no place no date A particularly unusual snapshot of the Grand Dukes with the Tsar while his brother was recuperating from the illness that would kill him. The informality of the photograph is unusual for the time unknown
showing them full length full face the Tsar standing in uniform the Tsarina seated in a fine gown with half length sleeves holding a fan titled in English 5�" x 3�" message on the verso in English published by Rotary London no place no date circa unknown
with charming vignettes of the Emperor and Empress the Kremlin the entry into Moscow and the Iberian Church of the Mother of God lettered in German including "God Bless Russia!" space for a message on recto verso has 'postcard' etc in Russian 5�" x 3�" no place no date circa unknown
showing him three quarter length full face in Hussar uniform within a frame of oak leaves and olives verso has 'postcard' etc in French 5�" x 3�" published by SIP Paris no date circa The Tsar and Tsarina paid a special visit to Paris in 1896 and the Russian and French fleets got on famously with each other cementing the entente. unknown
showing the Emperor and Empress being greeted by an array of schoolchildren two of whom are about to present bouquets by a simple ancient building with a guard of honour in front titled in Russian 'Pagankannyi Palaty' 5�" x 3�" published by G.A. Rumelya stationer Pskov 160 miles SSW of St Petersburg no date circa The palatial mansion was built of stone by merchant Sergei Pogankin Pagankin between 1671 and 1679 and since 1902 has been a wonderful museum of local art and antiquities. unknown
showing him mounted full face but watching to his left in his white military jacket and cap titled in Russian and French no place no date circa a few tiny chips in blank top margin small pinholes top and bottom unknown
with charming vignettes of the Emperor and Empress half length in civilian clothes titled in French space for a message on recto verso has 'postcard' etc in French 5�" x 3�" Paris hardcover
showing him in the centre head and shoulders in the corners are vignette photos of his allies George V President Poincar� Peter I of Serbia and Nikola I of Montenegro no place no date circa corners a little worn black background chipped near right margin small pinholes at top and bottom unknown
reproduced from the Coronation portraits of the Tsar and his Empress 5�" x 3�" no place Moscow no date Theirs was the first coronation that was ever filmed in the world. unknown
Moscow Imprimerie de la Societe A. A. Levenson 1896. . Handbill 22.6 x 15.5 cm printed in blue on gilt-edged card imperial eagle embossed in gilt mounted on board. The programme for the Coronation gala concert at the Kremlin which included performances of the overture of Glinka's 'Ruslan and Ludmila' the march from Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Mlada' and pieces by Tchaikovskii Wagner Verdi and others. Moscow Imprimerie de la Societe A. A. Levenson 1896. unknown
headed "List of the members of the Imperial Family who are Honorary Heads or Members of Units of Russian and Foreign Forces" in three columns in the first are the Tsar the Tsarina the Dowager Tsarina Tsesarevich Alexei his three elder sisters then the Tsar's brother and sisters followed by all the other Grand Dukes or Duchesses in the second are the Russian and foreign units German Austrian Prussian Bavarian British Spanish Bulgarian of which they are head with any secondary name of the unit and the date of appointment in the third column are units in which the member of the family is enrolled again with dates 16 sides 14�" x 9" no place as at 1st November a few light brown stains near top of sides 11-16 without loss On the day he was born Nicholas II was made head of the 65th Moscow Infantry 'His Majesty's' and the 3rd Strelkov Life Guards and enrolled in the Maria Feodorovna Horse Guards two regiments of Life Guards and the 4th Battery of the Horse Artillery. The famous Preobrazhensky Semenovsky and several others became his on the death of his father. On the eve of war with Germany he was head of 6 Prussian or Austrian regiments besides being an officer in the German Navy and a Swedish Danish and British Admiral. His three daughters had one regiment each appointed when they were 13 or nearly. Staff appointments such Adjutant-General and A.D.C. are noted in the first column. Altogether a remarkable conspectus and reference tool. unknown
from circa 1872 showing him kneeling on studio chair draped with a curtain three quarter face with a slightly puzzled look wearing a sailor suit and holding a sailor's cap titled in Russian "The Emperor Nicholas II as a child" 4�" x 3" in margins 6" x 4�" no place this copy circa small defects in blank right and left margins unknown
showing 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
who is sitting on a sofa with her mother sitting on the floor next to her and her father leaning over her 6�" x 4�" St Petersbourg pinhole in the top left hand corner unknown
of the Tsar and Empress at the time of their engagement the future Empress is wearing a feather boa and the Tsar is in an elaborate uniform 5�" x 3�" no place Coburg no date published 1895 as it is titled as Tsar unknown
taken from an illustrated supplement produced in honour of the Tsar and Tsarina the front cover shows Nicholas three quarters length in a suit she is iwearing a blue dress and hat and a fluffy stole 16�" x 11�" no place Paris 4th October The Tsar and Tsarina visited France in 1896 after their Coronation as part of their grand tour of Europe. unknown
taken from an illustrated supplement commemorating the coronation of the Tsar and Tsarina the front cover shows Nicholas three quarters length in his robes and ermine holding his sceptre and orb she is in her coronation robes and jewels 16�" x 11�" no place Paris 24th May The Tsar and Tsarina visited France in 1896 after their Coronation as part of their grand tour of Europe. unknown
showing the family grouped together at Tsarskoe Seloe with the Tsarina holding the infant Tsarevitch in her arms 5�" x 3�" Tsarskoe Seloe September rather worn This is the christening photo of the tsarevitch Alexei. It is a Red Cross postcard unusual because it is a Russian postcard. The Empress looks lovingly at her son. unknown
showing them full length full face on board the Imperial yacht the Tsar in naval uniform the Tsarina in a white 'boater' hat the children in flat soft hats and matching short dark coats and skirts with white stripes at the hem published by Rotary of London 3�" x 5�" no place no date postmarked 16th August unknown
showing the family grouped together at the Alexander Palace with the Tsarina holding the infant Tsarevitch in her arms 5�" x 3�" Tsarskoe Seloe no date. c. unknown
showing them full length nearly full face together on a sofa the Tsar in a white military jacket the Tsarina in a long black dress holding baby Anastasia in a long robe her sisters in shoulder-length short white dresses with ruched collars an elaborate decorative cabinet in the background an early and attractive image of the family published by Lautz of Darmstadt 5�" x 3�" no place no date circa a few tiny white flecks on the Tsarina's dress unknown
showing the family grouped together at Tsarskoe Seloe with the Tsarina holding the infant Tsarevitch in her arms 5�" x 3�" Tsarskoe Seloe September This is the christening photo of the tsarevitch Alexei unknown
showing the family head and shoulders in a row the ladies in straightforward hats and day dresses the Tsar and the Tsesarevich in plain military uniform 2�" x 5" in margins 3�" x 5�" published by 'Ste Russie' Paris the photo no place no date circa remains of laying down on unused verso unknown
showing the family seated and standing around the Tsar 5�" x 3�" no place no date used postally with postmark 23rd March. On the verso the writer tells her correpondent in Belgium that she hopes soon to have other cards of sovereigns from the Balkans. unknown
reproducing this most unusual image by Robert Milne of Ballater 10�" x 8" Balmoral September Queen Victoria was very keen on images showing Four Generations. unknown
of the two families with many other relations and officials 35 in all showing them seated or standing on the garden steps of the Grand Ducal palace titled in Russian in the right margin 3�" x 5�" published by A.L. Kononov St Petersburg with court licence no date circa Friedberg in Hesse-Darmstadt with its fine Grand Ducal Palace and gardens was the scene of a large annual family gathering. Ernst Ludwig is between and behind Nicholas and Alix. To the left of Nicholas is Prince Heinrich of Prussia 1862-1929 the Kaiser's brother. Heinrich's wife Irene 1866-1953 Alix's sister is at the end of the front row her hand held by Nicholas' daughter Maria. Alexei is next then Ernie's young sons by Eleonore Georg 1906-1937 and Ludwig 1908-1968 who is held affectionately by Tatiana. Behind Tatiana is Olga while Anastasia is between Heinrich and Irene next to Eleonore who is at the end of the next row up. unknown
with small coloured images of Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra either side of the French President with the incorrect title "Souvenir de la visite de L.M.J. Le Csar Nicolas II et La Csarina Maria Feodorowna de Russie � La Nation Francaise" 5�" x 3�" Paris It is remarkably incompetent to have given the name of the wrong Csarina! unknown
showing the tsar and his son standing together both in uniform with fur hats and greatcoats against a white background 5�" x 3�" no place no date c. stamped on the verso "Comit� Anti-Bolcheviste" These photos were issued by the Imperial Family via the Anti-Bolshevik fund and only 60 of each were produced. At the time they were incredibly expensive. unknown
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