Two studio photographs of czar Nicholas II by St. Petersburg photographer Levitsky, circa 1894.
No. 1
4 1/8 x 6 3/8 in. (10,5 x 16,1 cm)
Photographer's signature is impressed in the lower right part of the portrait.
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Nicholas is wearing a military uniform with St. Vladimir cross.
Provenance: museum of the union of the graduates from the Corps of Pages in emigration (Paris, France)
No 2
As above but larger. 7 1/4 x 11 4/8 in. (18,3 x 29,2 cm). It is printed from the same negative as the above portrait. Not signed.
The beard of Nicholas had been slightly retouched on the negative by the photographer.
Such large portrait photographs of Nicholas II are very rare
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