Search Results: Royalty Russian from Sophie Dupre

to Monsieur Rousseau, asking him "to call on me tomorrow at 2 o'clock... about a very serious matter", monogram MD on shield with helmet in red, blue, gold and black, 1 side 8vo., no place, 4th February large portion missing from blank margin with tear extending into text without loss The writer's sister, Princess Ekaterina Dolgorukeva, 1847-1922, had been Alexander II's mistress and had borne him 2 sons and 2 daughters. The Empress Maria Feodorovna died on 9th June 1880. The Tsar married the Princess morganatically on 18th July 1880, and created her Princess Yurievska. For the Dolgorukovs, see 'Noblesse de Russie', Vol XXIII = Suppl. W (1963).

in French, made out to 'Edmond Toutain, 1st Secretary', and signed by the Director Doshtuzov, with the club's emblem & motto dated 1770, 1 side card 4" x 5¼", St. Petersburg, valid till 1st March

saying that "Under the Most August Patronage of Her Majesty the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna," wife of Nicholas II, "the Board of Trustees of the Imperial Philanthropic Society for Collecting Donations for the Education and Placing of Poor Children in Trade, hereby award Alexander Vasilievich Porogov the right to wear the Silver Medal prescribed by the Council... as a Donor to the aforesaid Trust", signed by the President (R. Shitsisov) and Head of the Medal Department (Shcherbakov), printed in red, gold, silver and black, fine arms of the Russian Empire including the arms of Moscow on the eagle's breast and of the ancient provinces on its wings, elaborate border with shields, one bearing "full member 10th May 1893", red paper seal of the Society, chromolithographed by Stadler and Pattinot, 1 side 16" x 10½", St. Petersburg, 28th August

listing the remarkably rich foods on offer, "Consomme, Pies, Lobster and ruff salad with Provencal, Chicken supreme with beans and rissoles..." and ending with "Fresh cherry compote", 1 side 8vo., on card with the Russian imperial eagle heavily embossed in gold at the head, no place, 29th May Translation Breakfast May 29, 1898. Consomme Pies Lobster and ruff salad with Provencal Chicken supreme with beans and rissoles Fresh cherry compote. Transcription 29 1898. .

for the Subscription Ball at the Establishment for Artificial Mineral Waters, beginning at 7 o'clock, with the recipient's name in French on the verso "M. Le Comte Radicati", not transferable and to be given up to the door-keeper, 1 side card, 3" x 4½", no place, 24th August

with eight other men and women on a balcony, the man next to him wears a sash of office, John is the tallest figure of all, 8¼" x 6¼" in frame 9¾" x 11¾" and glazed, no place, no date, circa John was a commanding figure in Kronstadt, home of the Russian Navy, 20 miles west of St. Petersburg at the mouth of the Neva. John travelled widely in Russia and thousands visited him in Kronstadt. Alexander III died in his arms in 1894. Father John was canonized outside Russia in 1964 and inside Russia in 1990.