Photograph of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger
Photography
Inventory number
2025.5.5.11.PH.OT.C1928.USAuthor:
Bains News Service (American 1898-1944)Description
Photograph portrait of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger. She wears an astrakhan wool coat with a fur collar, a cloche hat, and a 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).