Lot 483
  • 483

TWO IMPERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, PROBABLY AROUND 1880 |

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • width of frames 57.8 by 69cm, 22 5/8 by 27 1/4 in.; 41 by 55cm, 16 1/8 by 21 5/8 in.
one of a military parade in Moscow, the other of Tzar Alexander III and his wife Maria Feodorovna, set in a passe-partout and gilded frames

Condition

Overall in very good condition with some discolouration consistent with age.
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