GRAND DUKES CONSTANTINE AND SONS NICHOLAS AND MICHAEL ,Historical Art of Russia,1884 Antique Wood Engraving


Constantine Nicholaievich
(Second Son of Emperor Nicholas I)
1827-1892
General-Admiral of the Russian Navy, born at St. Petersburg 21 September
1827, married there 11 September 1848, to Alexandra Iossifovna, formerly Alexandra
Friederike Henriette Pauline Marianne Elizabeth (born at Altenberg 8 July
1830; died at St. Petersburg 6 July 1911), fifth daughter of Joseph, Duke
of Saxe-Altenberg. Grand Duke Constantine Nicholaievich died at Pavlovsk 24/25
January 1892.
Nicholas Nicholaievich, Sr.
(Third Son of Emperor Nicholas I)
1831-1891
General Field Marshal of the Russian Army, born at Tsarskoe Selo 8 August
1831, married at St. Petersburg 6 February 1856, to Alexandra Petrovna, formerly
Alexandra Friederike Wilhelmine (born at St. Petersburg 2 June 1838l died
at Kiev 25 April 1900, eldest daughter of Duke Constantine Friederich Peter
of Oldenburg. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievich, Sr. died at Aloupka, Crimea
25 April 1891.
Michael Nicholaievich
(Fourth Son of Emperor Nicholas I)
1832-1909
General Field Marshal of the Russian Army, President of the Council of the
Empire, born at Peterhof 25 October 1832, married at St. Petersburg 28 August
1857, to Olga Feodorovna, formerly Cacilie Auguste (born at Karlsruhe 20 September
1839; died at Kharkov 12 April 1891), youngest daughter of Leopold, Grand
Duke of Baden. Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievich died at Cannes 18 December
1909
Nicholas Constantinovich
(First Son of Grand Duke Constantine Nicholaievich)
1850-1918
Born at St. Petersburg 14 February 1850, married (morganatically) at Orenburg
1882, to Nadejda (born 1861; died 1929), daughter of Alexander Gustavovitch
Dreyer, by his wife Sophia Ivanovna Opanovsky, and was murdered by the Bolsheviks
at Tashkent February 1918.
| PUBLISHED DATE |
1884 PARIS |
| ARTIST |
DE LA CHARLERIE |
| ENGRAVED BY |
VERDEIL |
| PUBLISHER |
THOMAS DE LAMOTTE SAINTE-MARTIN |
| PAGE SIZE: approx |
14 3/4 INCHES x 10 1/2 INCHES |
| IMAGE SIZE: approx |
9 X 7 INCHES |
| CONDITION |
INTEXT ENGRAVING with TEXT on the back . Excellent condition. Heavier
paper.Suitable ageing. The image is clean, clear and sharp with beautiful
depth and detail. |