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Emperor of Russia until his assassination in 1881 (born 1818), who also served as the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Finland; became known as Alexander the Liberator for his emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861. Rare 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo of the Russian emperor wearing his military uniform with medals, nicely signed below the image in ink, “Aleksandr, 1876.” Published by the esteemed photography studio of Sergey Lvovich Levitsky in St. Petersburg, Russia. In fine condition. A beautifully signed portrait of Alexander II, who remains quite scarce in signed photos.
This photograph was signed in a significant year of the Emperor's life. The third of his four children with his mistress Princess Catherine Dolgorukov, Boris Alexandrovich Yurievsky, was born on February 23, 1876, but sadly died a few months later on April 11, 1876. The Emperor appears prominently in the opening two chapters of Jules Verne's Michael Strogoff, published in 1876; Alexander II sets the book's plot in motion and sends its eponymous protagonist on the dangerous and vital mission that would occupy the rest of the novel. Verne presents the Emperor positively as an enlightened yet firm ruler, dealing confidently and decisively with a rebellion.
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