Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Romanov Family Are Going on Display
In July 1918, Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra, their five children Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia, and Tsarevich Alexei, were executed in the basement of a mansion in Ural Mountains, along with their four loyal servants.
In the 100 years since then, the Romanov murders has been a source of intrigue, with some believing one of the daughters may have escaped the attack. In fact, Mathew Weiner's upcoming show The Romanoffs, his first program since Mad Men is an anthology series about a number of people who think they are modern-day descendants of the last Russian royal family.
Most recently, the Science Museum in London opened an exhibit about the Romanovs, called The Last Tsar: Blood and Revolution. The exhibition focuses on the role of science and medicine in the family's lives and deaths, and it showcases rare artifacts, as well as new, never-before-seen photos of the family between the years of 1908 and 1918.
As Fox News reports, the photos are from two albums that were created by Herbert Galloway Stewart, an English tutor to the Tsar’s nephews. The pictures show the royals living as a family, playing in the snow, and on a hunting trip. Dr. Natalia Sidlina, a Science Museum curator, found the albums when she was researching for another exhibition called Cosmonauts, about how Russia won the space race.
The exhibition, which runs through March 24, 2019, also centers on Alexei, the tsar and tsarina’s only son, and heir to the Russian throne. Alexei suffered from hemophilia B, a rare blood condition in which blood does not clot properly. The condition was passed down through royals across Europe through Queen Victoria, who is often called "the grandmother of Europe."
There may even be more photos to come, as a spokesman for The Science Museum told Fox News that they have 22 albums from the tutor in their possession.
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