When You Wish Upon a Tsar – Romanov Photos at Bonhams Book Sale

LONDON.- A collection of 19th century photographic portraits of Russian Royalty goes under the hammer at Bonhams Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Photographs sale on 8 June in London (estimate £2,000 – 4,000). Many of the portraits are of the family of Tsar Nicholas I who reigned from 1825 to 1855 and of the family of his successor Alexander II (also known as ‘The Tsar Liberator’) who ruled from 1855 until his assassination in 1881. Among the most notable items are [...]