Photograph of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger
Photography
Inventory number
2025.5.5.7.PH.OT.C1935.USAuthor:
International News Photos (American, 1909 - 1958)Description
Photograph of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger operating her camera in her New York portrait studio. She wears a skirt suit and a large beaded necklace.Maria Pavlovna the Younger (1890-1958) was a Russian grand duchess, the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, youngest son of Tsar Alexander II, and Princess Alexandra of Greece. A prominent figure in the Romanov exile community after the Russian Revolution, she lived in Europe and the U.S., where she worked as a fashion designer and wrote a memoir, Education of a Princess (1930).
Material
PhotographOrigin
circa 1935 New York, United StatesDimensions
Length : 21 cmHeight : 16.5 cm