[ALEXANDER II ('The Liberator', 1818-1881, Emperor of Russia from 1855) and his wife MARIA ALEXANDROVNA (of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1824-1880)]

Postcard photo in black and white of a painting, unsigned, of their Coronation in 1856 in the Cathedral of the Assumption (the Uspensky Cathedral, in the Kremlin), both are in gorgeous ermine robes, the tall Emperor, bareheaded, is being addressed by the Patriarch while the Empress is a little way behind, both in profile, round the walls are the magnificent frescoes, 4¼" x 5¾", the photo no date, circa



Item Date:  1950

Stock No:  52991      £15

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