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After Carl Joseph Alois Agricola
Czar Alexander I and his wife: he, in green uniform with honours and decorations; she, in red dress bordered with ribbon, frills at sleeves, fair curly hair
gilt composition frame
rectangular, 3 7/8in. (98mm.) high
Czar Alexander I and his wife: he, in green uniform with honours and decorations; she, in red dress bordered with ribbon, frills at sleeves, fair curly hair
gilt composition frame
rectangular, 3 7/8in. (98mm.) high
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Alexander I (1777-1825), son of Emperor Paul, was czar of Russia from 1801. He was reared by his grandmother Catherine II. In 1793 he married Princess Elizabeth of Baden. He succeeded to the throne immediately after the assassination of his father and initiated a wide range of reforms