Sujet
The Grand-Duchess Marie-Alexandrovna, 1874. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Grand-Duchess Marie-Alexandrovna, 1874. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. W. Luke, of St. Petersburg. 'The marriage of our Queen's second son to the Czar's only daughter is an occasion for congratulating both the English and Russian nations, and all the civilised world of Europe, and all that still needs the civilising power of these two great empires in Asia, upon the prospect of future peace and friendly co-operation...The Princes and Princesses of the two reigning families are determined, for their part, to keep up an entente cordiale which rests on their personal esteem for the amiable qualities of each other...Her Imperial Highness, the bride for whom a hundred millions of people in the two countries and their remoter provinces are invited to pray a matrimonial blessing, is a young lady quite worthy of such a husband. She was twenty years of age in October, and we hope she will live among us in London a great many years, and many years afterwards in the serene enjoyment of a German sovereignty to be inherited by Prince Alfred, of Saxe Coburg and Gotha'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A32_215
Model release
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Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
60,5Mo (5,0Mo) / 34,8cm x 43,6cm / 4107 x 5153 (300dpi)