Half-length photograph of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. He is wearing the uniform of the Hussars and is looking slightly to the right. The photograph is annotated 'Nicky' and 'Nov 14/26 1894 St Petersburg' in the lower corners.

Nicholas II became Emperor of Russia on the 1st November 1894 following the early death of his father Tsar Alexander III. On the 26th November he married Princess Alix of Hesse, who converted to the Russian Orthodox Church and took the name Alexandra Feodorovna following her marriage.