VERY RARE studio photograph of Grand Duchess Elisaveta (Elizabeth) Feodorovna by London Stereoscopic Company, circa 1890, 6 5/8 x 4 1/4 in. (16,7 x 10,7 cm)
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Grand Duchess Elizabeth (called Ella by the Imperial family), German Princess of Hesse by birth, married to Russian Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (son of Alexander II and uncle of Nicholas II). Her sister Alix became the wife of Russian Czar Nicholas II in 1894 (Empress Alexandra Feodorovna).
Ella is wearing a badge with a walking lion (arms of Hesse) and Russian diamond star of the Order of St. Catherine.
Seal with Maltese cross of the Union of the Graduates from the Corps of Pages (St.Petersburg) on back. A union of Russian emigres in Paris in the 1920-30s.
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