[EMPEROR NICHOLAS II AND THE RUSSOJAPANESE WAR] RARE SET EIGHTEEN PHOTOGRAPHS, CIRCA 1900-1910

Most by Karl Bulla (1853/55-1929), Viktor Bulla (1883-1938), N. Jourdhon, Gorlenko and other unidentified photographers, depicting the preparations of the Cossack regiments for the Russo-Japanese War, Emperor Nicholas II blessing a regiment with an icon, a visit by the French delegation, the blessing of the waters on Epiphany of 1905, and the Revolution of 1905. Five additional photographs of British and Belgian scenes from the same period are attached. Photographers: Karl Bulla; Victor Bulla; Gorlenko; Alexander Nesvetovites?; N. Jourdhon (Zhurdon?); Stephen Criss; Central War News Service (publisher); J. Kuhn (editor); some unidentified. Different states of conservation but good condition overall Provenance: Sotheby's New York sale, December 12, 1986, lot 185 (in part)