RUSSIAN ART & HISTORY
By Hermitage Fine Art
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Nov 21, 2019
Le Park Palace Avenue de la Costa 98000, Monaco
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LOT 941:
ALEXANDER II (1855-1881) and the august family. A photographic album dedicated to the trip of the Russian imperial ...
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Sold for: €3,200
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ALEXANDER II (1855-1881) and the august family. A photographic album dedicated to the trip of the Russian imperial family to relatives in Hesse in 1863.
14 photographs (10.5x6 cm) by the Darmstadt photographer Franz Backofen (1806-1881). In a calico cover with embossed album.
Metal clasp, gold trimmings.
Portrait photographs:
1) The Grand Duchess of Hesse Elizabeth, born Princess of Prussia (1815-1885) - the grandmother of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna
and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.
2) Prince Ludwig of Hesse (1837-1892; since 1877 - the Grand Duke of Hesse) with his wife Alice, born a British princess (1843-1878)
- the parents of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fedorovna and Empress Alexandra Fedorovna. Depicted with their firstborn, Princess Victoria
(1863-1950).
3) Emperor Alexander II with a dog.
4) Empress Maria Alexandrovna, born Princess of Hesse.
5) Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (1847-1909).
6) Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna (1853-1920), in marriage - the British Duchess.
7) Prince Henry of Hesse (1838-1900).
8) Princess Anna of Hesse (1843-1865), in marriage - the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (since 1864).
The album is supplemented by 6 views of Hesse (filming from prints and lithographs).
