Emperor Collection (#7)

Portrait of the Emperor Charles V, 1533. Creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Portrait of the Emperor Charles V, 1533

Kaiser Wilhelm, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser Wilhelm, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941)

Kaiser Wilhelm, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser Wilhelm, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941)

Kaiser leaving stand after christening of "Imperator", 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser leaving stand after christening of "Imperator", 1912. Shows the Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany christening the S.S. Imperator, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line, May 23, 1912

Ferdinand of Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915

King Ferd. whispers to Prince Boris, (1912?). Creator: Bain News Service
King Ferd. whispers to Prince Boris, (1912?). Shows Ferdinand I, Czar of Bulgaria, and his son Prince Boris, probably near Adrianople during First Balkan War

Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Shows Ferdinand I, Czar of Bulgaria, surrounded by men in uniform near a train, probably during First Balkan War and siege of Adrianople, Nov. 1912-March 1913

Wedding of Archduke Karl Franz Josef & Princess Zita, Kaiser Franz Joseph, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Wedding of Archduke Karl Franz Josef & Princess Zita, Kaiser Franz Joseph, 1911. Shows Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916) at the wedding of his grandnephew Karl Franz Josef (later Charles I)

King Emperor's Hunt in India, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
King Emperor's Hunt in India, 1911. Shows George V of England, who traveled to India in December 1911 to be installed as King-Emperor of India, on a hunting trip in Nepal, December 1911

Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser's coffin, May 1918. Display of Kaiser's coffin with sign reading "The Kaiser's coffin come in and help bury the Beast of Berlin." Coffin is located in front of the New

Sepia map of Tokyo
Rosana Laiz Blursbyai

Opening of the Boulevard du Prince Eugène at Paris, by the Emperor, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Boulevard du Prince Eugene at Paris, by the Emperor, 1862....the whole length of the via nova was ornamented with Venetian masts bearing very light-coloured silk banners

British royal family, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
British royal family, between c1915 and c1920. Shows members of the British royal family including: (left to right) Albert (later George VI), George, Duke of Kent; Queen Mary of Teck, Henry

Emperor of Austria, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Emperor of Austria, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916)

Ex-Kaiser, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Ex-Kaiser, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Wilhelm II (1859-1941) who was the last German Emperor

King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. British officers explaining trench mortar to King George V and Edward, Prince of Wales at the Trench Warfare School, Helfaut, France during World War I

Kaiser and General von Mackensen, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser Wilhelm II and General von Mackensen, between 1914 and c1915

Kaiser giving iron cross to aviators, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser giving iron cross to aviators, between 1914 and c1915. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) giving iron cross medal to aviators during World War I

Kaiser & Gen. Von Hotzendorf, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Kaiser & Gen
Kaiser & Gen. Von Hotzendorf, between 1914 and c1915. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) with Count Franz Xaver Joseph Conrad von Ho¨tzendorf (1852-1925), an Austro-Hungarian Army officer

Kaiser & Archduke Friedrich, 26 Jul 1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Kaiser & Archduke Friedrich, 26 Jul 1915
Kaiser & Archduke Friedrich, 26 Jul 1915 (date created or published later). Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941) with Archduke Friedrich

Kaiser and his Generals, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser and his Generals, between c1910 and c1915. German Kaiser Wilhelm II with his generals during World War I: standing left to right: von Bulow, von Mackensen, von Molike

Kaiser, Crown Prince, & P'ce [i.e. Prince] Oscar at Crown Prince's Hdqrts. between 1914 and c1915. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941)

Karl Franz Josef in Przemysl Fort, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Karl Franz Josef in Przemysl Fort, 1914 (date created or published later). Karl Franz Joseph (Charles I of Austria) (1887-1922) visiting Przemysl Fortress, Przemysl

Karl Franz Josef, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Karl Franz Josef, between c1910 and c1915. Karl Franz Joseph (Charles I of Austria) (1887-1922) with a soldier during World War I

The Assembly in the Time of Peter I, 1861. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
The Assembly in the Time of Peter I, 1861. Private Collection

Emperor Nicholas I on his deathbed, 1855. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
Emperor Nicholas I on his deathbed, 1855. Private Collection

Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia and Grand Duches... 1896. Creator: Anonymous
Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, 1896. Private Collection

Portraits of Emperor Nicholas II from the period from 1880 to 1891, 1896. Creator: Anonymous
Portraits of Emperor Nicholas II from the period from 1880 to 1891, 1896. Private Collection

Portraits of Emperor Nicholas II from the period from 1892 to 1896, 1896. Creator: Anonymous
Portraits of Emperor Nicholas II from the period from 1892 to 1896, 1896. Private Collection

Portrait of the Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia (1904-1918), c. 1906. Creator: Zehngraf, Johannes (1857-1908)
Portrait of the Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia (1904-1918), c. 1906. Private Collection

Portrait of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916) as the holy man, 1915. Creator: Krarup, Theodora
Portrait of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916) as the holy man, 1915. Private Collection

Portrait of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916), 1914. Creator: Krarup, Theodora
Portrait of Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1916), 1914. Private Collection

Moscow - The beard control in front of the city gate, 1891. Creator: Urlaub, Johann-Georg-Christian (1844-1914)
Moscow - The beard control in front of the city gate, 1891. Private Collection

Review in the Champ de Mars at Paris in honour of the King Consort of Spain, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Review in the Champ de Mars at Paris in honour of the King Consort of Spain, 1864....the grand military spectacle...was beheld by an immense crowd of spectators...Unfortunately

Reception of the King Consort of Spain at the Palace of St. Cloud, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Reception of the King Consort of Spain at the Palace of St. Cloud, 1864. The inauguration of the portion of the chemin de fer, opening up direct railway communication between Paris and Madrid

We Will Sit by the Sea, We Will Wait for the Weather!, 1904. Creator: Unknown
We Will Sit by the Sea, We Will Wait for the Weather!, 1904. This collection includes tsarist-era advertisements and a set of posters from the era of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

The Japanese Emperor and His Cunning Well-Wishers, 1904. Creator: Unknown
The Japanese Emperor and His Cunning Well-Wishers, 1904. This collection includes tsarist-era advertisements and a set of posters from the era of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

Portraits of Emperor Nicholas II from the period from 1869 to 1875, 1896. Creator: Anonymous
Portraits of Emperor Nicholas II from the period from 1869 to 1875, 1896. Private Collection

Karl Franz Josef in Budapest, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Karl Franz Josef in Budapest, between c1914 and c1915. Karl Franz Joseph (Charles I of Austria) (1887-1922) with soldiers next to train during World War I

Kaiser in field, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kaiser in field, between 1914 and c1915. Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, with troops during World War I

Gen. Pau & Kaiser, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service. Gen. Pau & Kaiser, between c1914 and c1915
Gen. Pau & Kaiser, between c1914 and c1915. French general Paul Marie Cesar Gerald Pau (1848- 1932) with Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941)

Paris, Emperor William hung in effigy, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Paris, Emperor William hung in effigy, between c1914 and c1915. Effigy of Kaiser Wilhelm II which was hung in Paris, France during the beginning of World War I

Aureus of Emperor Nero. Obverse: Laureate head of Nero. Reverse: The Colossus of Nero, 54-68. Private Collection

Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896. Creator: Bakmanson, Hugo Karlovich (1860-1953)
Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896. Private Collection

Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896. Creator: Bakmanson, Hugo Karlovich (1860-1953)
Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896. Private Collection

Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896 Creator: Bakmanson, Hugo Karlovich (1860-1953)
Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896. Private Collection

Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896 Creator: Bakmanson, Hugo Karlovich (1860-1953)
Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896. Private Collection

Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896. Creator: Bakmanson, Hugo Karlovich (1860-1953)
Equestrian Portrait of Nicholas II of Russia, 1896. Private Collection

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"Emperor: A Tale of Power, Legacy, and Influence" In the annals of history, few titles hold as much weight and fascination as that of an emperor. From Haile Selassie's coronation in 1930 to the majestic bust of Marcus Aurelius from ancient Rome, these figures have left an indelible mark on our collective consciousness. Haile Selassie's ascension to power in 1930 marked a significant moment for Ethiopia. His reign brought modernization and progress to a nation steeped in tradition. As we gaze upon his statue, we are reminded of his enduring legacy as a visionary leader. The young Napoleon Bonaparte studying intently captures the ambition and brilliance that would propel him to become one of history's most iconic emperors. Hegel recognized this potential when he famously remarked, "I saw the world spirit riding on horseback. " Indeed, Napoleon would reshape Europe forever. Yet emperors also face their share of challenges. Haile Selassie's exile during Italy's invasion in 1936 serves as a stark reminder that even those with immense power can be vulnerable. Similarly, Napoleon faced defeat at Waterloo in 1815—a humbling end to his imperial ambitions. The statues depicting Augustus Prima Porta and Marcus Aurelius stand tall as symbols of Roman might and grandeur. These rulers shaped an empire that spanned continents and left an indelible mark on Western civilization. Even beyond their own realms, emperors influenced global affairs. The satirical cartoon featuring Napoleon carving up the world alongside British Prime Minister William Pitt reminds us how these leaders' actions reverberated far beyond their borders. German Kaiser Wilhelm II adds another layer to this complex narrative. His signature represents both power and turmoil—his rule coincided with World War I and its aftermath—an era defined by shifting alliances and geopolitical tensions.