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Description du Sacre et du Couronnement

Offered by: Shapero Gallery

Description
CORONATION ALBUM].

Description du Sacre et du Couronnement
de leurs Majestés Impériales l'Empereur de Toutes les Russies Alexandre III et l'Imperatrice Marie Feodorovna en l'année 1883.

Stock Code 113420
St Petersburg, A. Ilin for the Expedition pour la confection des papiers d'Etat, 1883

Current price$50,675.00
The coronation of Tsar Alexander III. Fine copy of this celebrated coronation album of alexander III.

The beautiful chromo-lithographed plates and illustrations, some heightened with gold, illustrate the ceremonies and events in Moscow and were drawn by the best artists of the time, including Vereshchagin and Samokish. This commemorative monument was printed only for the Imperial family and foreign dignitaries participating in the celebrations on 15 May 1883: it was never offered for public sale and is accordingly rare.

First edition; large folio (66 x 51 cm); 27 chromolithographs, including title, after Simakov, Makovskii, Sokolov, Savitskii, Karazin, Polenov, Kramskoi, Vereshchagin, Makorov, Bogdanov, Grigor'ev, Aleksandrovskii, Surikov and Samokish, decorative initials and illustrations in the text, many chromo-lithograph, text printed in black, blue and red (occasional spotting, some offsetting from plates onto the text, adhesion to text from two plates); o

More Information

Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	113420
Incollect Reference #:	752224

Dimensions

W.	20.08 in;	H.	25.98 in;
W.	51 cm;	H.	66 cm;

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Based in the heart of Mayfair in London, we specialise in prints and original works on paper across a broad range of subjects, from antique prints to modern pochoir plates, as well as photographs from vintage photography to modern art photography.