Emperor Alexander 2nd of Russia / painted by Alonzo Chappel. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Emperor Alexander 2nd of Russia / painted by Alonzo Chappel. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Emperor Alexander 2nd of Russia / painted by Alonzo Chappel.
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This engraving shows Alexander II, the Russian emperor who in 1861 ended serfdom across his empire, a reform that made him a notable figure abroad. It reproduces a painting by Alonzo Chappel, an American painter and illustrator, and carries a copyright line in the name of the publisher Johnson, Fry & Co. Printed in 1871, it dates from the middle of Alexander's reign, a decade before his assassination in St. Petersburg in 1881, and shows how he was presented to American audiences during his reform years.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1870-1880Engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Copyright by Johnson Fry & Co. |
| Subjects | Alexander--II,--Emperor of Russia,--1818-1881. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,282 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-178750 |
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