PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR ALEXANDER III AND HIS FAMILY

Creator(s): Unknown (Engraver)

On view in: Pavilion

About this object

Engraved illustration from an English newspaper, after a photograph taken in Copenhagen. Black and white, pasted on a piece of blue paper. The family is grouped in front of an archway, seen in center back. To the left is a drape or curtain, and to the right is a large plant. Alexander III is seated at the center in an elaborate chair. He faces to the right and has his young daughter on his lap. She is wearing a white dress. To the left stands a son with his arm across the back of his father's chair. He wears a sailor outfit. To the right is the Tasrina, who is seated on a stool, and has another of their children in front of her. He also wears a sailor suit. The engraving is displayed in a malachite frame (21.107).

Object name:

PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR ALEXANDER III AND HIS FAMILY

Made from:

Paper

Made in:

England

Date made:

c. 1881

Size:

28.6 × 23.3 cm (11 1/4 × 9 3/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

55.28

Class:

ENGRAVING

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION The New Imperial Family of Russia, Family and photo taken to Copenhagen see page 10

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973