Photographic Prints of The Czars Bedroom, SY Livadia, 188 from Mary Evans Review
Photographic Prints of The Czars Bedroom, SY Livadia, 188 from Mary Evans Feature
- This 10x8 Print features an image chosen by Mary Evans. Estimated image size 254x203mm.
- High quality RA4 prints. Printed on Kodak Endura and Edge papers
- Image Description: Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs bedroom on his steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. Extremely lavishly fitted out, this yacht was given a radical design, supposedly based on the shape of a turbot. This flat fish design, 235 foot long, 153 foot wide at its beamiest and with only 6 foot draught, was very unsuccessful, with passengers complaining of extreme seasickness. The Livadia was broken up in 1927.
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10x8 Print, The Czars Bedroom, SY Livadia, 1880. Engraving of Czar Alexander IIs bedroom on his steam yacht Livadia, built at John Elders shipyard, Govan, in 1880. Extremely lavishly fitted out, this yacht was given a radical design, supposedly based on the shape of a turbot. This flat fish design, 235 foot long, 153 foot wide at its beamiest and with only 6 foot draught, was very unsuccessful, with passengers complaining of extreme seasickness.