It had come to this: His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II, Emperor of All Russia, perched despondently on a tree stump under armed guard outside the palace at Tsarskoye Selo, where he had been detained by the provisional government after his abdication in March.
By the time the photograph appeared in The New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial 100 years ago, it was two months out of date. The imperial family had already been moved to western Siberia. Though they would not be killed until July 1918, this is believed to be one of the last pictures of Nicholas. (A clearer version can be viewed on the website of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.) The photograph underscores the remarkable resemblance between Nicholas and his cousin, King George V.
The cover view paid tribute to the departure from New York of National Guard units bound for Europe. The Mid-Week Pictorial also featured some startlingly candid views of war, like the photograph below, showing German soldiers who had been taken prisoner by the French just before dawn.
Times Insider is offering glimpses of some of the most memorable wartime illustrations that appeared in The New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, on the 100th anniversary of each issue:
• Flanders fields, flooded to stop the Germans (Aug. 30)• Russia’s all-woman “Battalion of Death” (Aug. 23)• French artists on the battle lines (Aug. 16)• A graphic look inside a German bomber (Aug. 9)• Raw recruits gather at Gettysburg (Aug. 2)• A hellish battle scene captured by the camera (July 26)
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