Skip to main content



 : Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, WW1


Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, WW1

Grand duke Michael Alexandrovitch (1878-1918) brother of Czar Nicolas II. Pictured on the front cover of The Sketch at the time the Tsar had abdicated in favour of his brother. Grand Duke Michael said he would only accept the throne if the people, by plebiscite, desired him to do so. He was imprisoned and ultimately murder on 13 June 1918

Picture No
13991310
Media ID
45429109
Size
3400px x 5380px (1.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Boissonns and Eggler on the front cover of The Sketch, 21 March 1917
Date
1917

Pick your License

Please tell us the book title or ISBN

Please supply intended use


 

Alexandrovich Alexandrovitch Romanof Romanoff Romanov


Features In These Collections

> Contributors > COI

Gallery Wall Inspiration

Piltdown Man
Venetia Stanley
Sandra Paul marries David Wynne-Morgan
Wedding of Diana Mitford and Bryan Guinness
Works of Metropolitan District Railway on Thames Embankment
Nina Ricci cape coat 1961
Jack Johnson and his first wife
S.M.S. Prinzregent Luitpold
Venetia Stanley
Coronation of Haakon VII of Norway
Mr and Mrs Derek Jackson (Pamela Mitford)
Dorchester House, Park Lane
Princess Elizabeth and her corgi
Sixties winter fashions
Photo of Miss Tallulah Bankhead in the Sketch
Sir John Milbanke and Lady Loughborough
Wedding of Viscount Althorp and Hon. Frances Roche in Tatler
Nancy Mitford
London's return to noctural gaiety: dancing at the Trocadero
Rejected by the Inventions Board - Heath Robinson WW1
With British Bombers on the Western Front
The Houston Sisters
Nijmegen Bridge under attack by enemy aircraft, WW2
Prince Edward of Wales, 1931
A bulldog mascot of a Canadian regiment in France
Letting Himself Down, by Bairnsfather
The Duke of Edinburgh competing at Cowes



 
© Copyright Mary Evans Picture Library - All Rights Reserved 2026
Powered by Media Storehouse®
We accept all major payment options so you can pay for the things you need in the way that is most convenient for you
Facebook     Twitter     Instagram