of the Tsar and the Tsarevitch with press stamps on the back marked obituary 6" x 4�" 29th August no place this was one of the pictures used for the obituaries of the Royal Family after their murders in 1918. unknown
by L. Levitsky photographed "a Peterhof le 16 Aout 1901" showing the family seated around the Tsar & Tsarina who has the infant Anastasia on her lap 5�" x 3�" no place no date unknown
showing the Tsar standing with his son outside in the snow both wearing greatcoats against a background of three cars 5�" x 3�" no place no date c. Taken at GHQ in Mogilyov WW I and could not have been taken before October 1915 when Nicholas began taking Aleksei to GHQ. unknown
showing the Tsar with Baron de Fr�edvricksz the controller of his household both are in uniform 5�" x 3�" at the Summer Palace Livadia in the Crimea no date c. unknown
showing the family seated and standing around the Tsar and Tsarina with the infant tsarevitch in his mother's arms 5�" x 3�" no place no date c. unknown
showing the couple leaving the Iverska�a Chapel proceeding towards their carriage 5�" x 3�" no place St Petersburg no date during the Great War c. unknown
showing the couple with the Tsarevitch seated holding a Faberge cigarette case and the beautiful young Princess looking lovingly down on him 5�" x 3�" in a charming contemporary frame decorated with leaves no place Coburg April slight damage to the frame This photo was taken by E. Uhlenhuth in Coburg. The future Tsar of Russia got engaged to Alexandra on 20th April 1894 when they were both in Coburg for the wedding of Princess Victoria Melita to Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse. unknown
showing the Tsar sitting wearing naval uniform with the Tsarina sitting next to a young Alexei dressed in a sailor suit stood on table on the deck of a ship anotated at the bottom in Russian 5�" x 3�" no place no date c. unknown
showing the Tsar sitting wearing naval uniform with the Tsarina sitting next to a young Alexei dressed in a sailor suit stood on table on the deck of the Standart annotated at the bottom in Russian 5�" x 3�" no place no date c. unknown
showing them on a settee together the Tsar in uniform the girls in white including baby Anastasia held by her mother to her shoulder titled in German 5�" x 3�" no place no date but unknown
showing the Tsar seated between Olga and Anastasia whose arm is round the shoulder of Alexei who is wearing a sailor suit Tatiana is on the right and Maria and the Empress standing behind the Emperor in simple military dress the Empress with a simple small coronet titled in French no place no date circa unknown
showing them on a settee together the Tsar in uniform the girls in white including baby Anastasia held by her mother to her shoulder titled in German 5�" x 3�" no place no date but unknown
showing them on a settee together the Tsar in uniform the girls in white including baby Maria on her mother's lap Olga has a basket of flowers in the crook of her arm titled in Italian with below a message of 1901 in Italian 5�" x 3�" no place no date but unknown
the tsar's plate has the Imperial Crest and the French Crest at the head and lists "Moscou 1886 Paris 1893 Toulon 1893" on the sides are images from the visit of Alexander III in 1891 and the Russian Fleet visiting Toulon in 1893 at the bottom are portraits of Admiral Avellan and General Dragomiroff commemorating the "Grandes Manoeuvres 1895" and in the centre is a portrait of the Tsar the Tsarina's plate commemorates their coronation at the head the Priest receiving the couple at the church of the Assumption on either side are images of the couple in front of the priest and being crowned at the bottom are their crowns with orb and sceptre again in the centre is an image of the Tsarina each 7� inches across France In 1893 the Russian fleet visited Toulon and in 1894 the year of Alexander III's death and Nicholas's accession Russia and France signed a treaty of alliance. The Tsar and Tsarina were the first to visit France since the entente. It is very unusual to find her Imperial Majesty on plates and this was Nicholas's favourite image of his wife. unknown
showing them both wearing seventeenth century court dress on the occasion of the last ball at the Winter Palace he is seated and she is standing next to him 5�" x 3�" no place St Petersburg no date The 1903 ball in the Winter Palace was a luxurious ball during the reign of the emperor Nicholas II of Russia was the last event of its type to be held in Russia. It was held in the Winter Palace Saint Petersburg in two stages on February 11th and 13th. All the visitors were in bejeweled 17th-century style costumes made from designs by the artist Sergey Solomko in collaboration with historical experts. unknown
showing the family seated and standing around the Tsar with an infant Tsarevitch being held on his mother's lap 5�" x 3�" Chateau de Verchin 25th November unknown
showing the Tsar & Tsarina together with 4 small pictures of The Emperor and Empress of Japan and their respective admirals of the Fleet printed title "Russia and Japan - The War in the Far East" 5�" x 3�" no place no date c. annotated underneath in another hand unknown
showing the Tsar at his headquarters during the first World War when he had taken over Supreme Command of the Russian Army leaving the Empress in charge at home he is saluting 5�" x 3�" no place St Petersburg no date. c. unknown
showing the couple full length with the Tsar standing wearing military uniformnext to a seated Tsarina wearing a white dress holding a fan 5�" x 3�" no place unknown
showing the family seated around the Tsar with an infant Anastasia being held by the Tsarina who is dressed in black as she is in mourning for the late Queen Victoria 5�" x 3�" taken at Peterhof 16th August unknown
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
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