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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Palace of Prince Romanov: During the 19th century Prince Nikolay Konstantinovicha Romanov, a first cousin of Alexander III of Russia was banished to Tashkent. His palace still survives in the centre of the city. Photograph taken during William Lewis Sachtleben's bicycle journey across Asia with Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr. Photograph of William Sachtleben (L) and Johann von Balinski standing in front of the Prince Romanov Palace on Sailgokh Street. This photograph appears with the caption "Palace of the Czar's Nephew, Tashkend" in the book by Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben, Across Asia on a Bicycle (1897), p. 121. Handwritten on negative: 5201 / 35 [changed to "39"?] Text from negative sleeve: No. 36. Nov. 22, 1891. The palace of the Czar's nephew exiled to Tashkent. Sachtleben and Johann von Balinski (Russian chin-novnik) in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1841_0315 ark:/21198/zz002hfsbd
Subject
Bicycle touring--Asia Mansions--Uzbekistan--Tashkent Sachtleben, William Lewis Prince Romanov Palace (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) Balinski, Johann von, b. 1859 or 1860
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