Photograph of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger
Photography
Inventory number
2025.5.5.8.PH.OT.C1909.SEAuthor:
Axel Eliassons Konstforkag (Sweden 1900-1968)Description
Postcard attached to paper. A photograph of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger with her dog at Atelier Jaeger. Pavlovna wears a silk jacket with greek key motifs, a white fur hat, and an ermine scarf. She leans on a table, next to her seated dog and an ermine blanket.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).
Materials
PaperPhotograph
Origin
circa 1909 Stockholm, SwedenDimensions
Length : 13.5 cmHeight : 20 cm