IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NICHOLAS II CORONATION ANNOUNCEMENT,By Ivan Ropet, Moscow, 1896. Chromolithograph. Announcing the coronation of Nicholas II Alexandrovich and Alexandra Fedorovna on May 14, 1896; in Old Church Slavonic, within decorative frame of crests; surmounted by Imperial Russian monogram of Nicholas II and Romanov crown - 15 in. x 10 1/4 in., sight size. Estimate $4,000-6,000
For an example in the Hermitage Museum see, Nicholas and Alexandra, the Last Imperial Family of Tsarist Russia, London, 1998, p. 283.
PROVENANCE: Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Tx; "James C. Russo Collection of Royal Artifacts," April 24, 2008; sale 5003, lot 36069
LITERATURE: Elena Chernevich, Russian Graphic Design, 1880-1917 (New York, 1990), p. 29.
