modern card mount:

Image of the Empress Alexandra; Czarina of Russia

the image of this silk portrait kindly
donated by John Hartwig, USA

original card mount with printed title:

Image of the Empress Alexandra; Czarina of Russia

Czarina of Russia

(Empress Alexandra, Consort of Nicholas II)

Woven on silk:-

Printed at bottom of card-mount:-

Card-mount:
cm deep by cm wide

silk:
cm deep by cm wide

by Sprake:

by Godden:
Empress Alix was born in Germany on 6 June 1872, the youngest daughter of the Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darnstadt. She married Nicholas II of Russia in November 1894 and changed her name to Alexandra. She was killed, with her husband and family, on 17 July 1918.

This extremely rare silk is shown above, and is a pair to Nicholas II [so218 on this site].

The wording below the portraits being a formal blessing on the lines of 'May God preserve Guard and Keep' with the date '1896'.

These portraits were first listed on label 31+29a under the joint name CZAR & CZARINA OF RUSSIA.

Other comments:

This page was created on 13 April 2004
colour image added 4 May 2012. Reference number was changed 17 June 2017. Small image of original mount added 12 February 2018

copyright

Reference Number:-	Sprake Number:-	Godden Number:-
so 220	STG101	82

Words:	Woven on silk:- Printed at bottom of card-mount:-
Size:	Card-mount: cm deep by cm wide silk: cm deep by cm wide
Comments:	by Sprake: by Godden: Empress Alix was born in Germany on 6 June 1872, the youngest daughter of the Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse-Darnstadt. She married Nicholas II of Russia in November 1894 and changed her name to Alexandra. She was killed, with her husband and family, on 17 July 1918. This extremely rare silk is shown above, and is a pair to Nicholas II [so218 on this site]. The wording below the portraits being a formal blessing on the lines of 'May God preserve Guard and Keep' with the date '1896'. These portraits were first listed on label 31+29a under the joint name CZAR & CZARINA OF RUSSIA. Other comments: