LOUISE VICTORIA
(Alexandra Dagmar, 1867-1931, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife, Daughter of Edward VII)
Fine early ALS to "Dearest Jonnie", her nanny,
hoping "you are quite well now, I am sorry I did not write before but I really had no time at all we are either out or with Aunt BEATRICE" (1857-1944, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter), "we do lessons with her every morning ..." she hopes that London is not too dull and that the weather is fine, "it is very nice & fine here only it rains sometimes. We have been to see all the people here with GRANDMAMA [Queen Victoria] & they are all quite well, and they all asked after mama & Papa & Tora ...", she hopes that Jonnie had liked the flowers she sent and says that the hill look "very pretty now there is some snow on a few of them & the trees are beginning to get green at which I am very glad. With our best love & many kisses ...", 4 sides 8vo., Balmoral Castle headed paper, 26th May
Item Date:
1879
Stock No:
40195
£175
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THE DAUGHTER & GRANDDAUGHTERS OF EDWARD VII WITH THEIR TRIKES
LOUISE VICTORIA
(Alexandra Dagmar, 1867-1931, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife) and her daughters ALEXANDRA (1891-1959, married Prince Arthur of Connaught) & MAUD (1893-1959, married Charles Carnegie, 11the Earl of Southesk)
Delightful Imperial Cabinet photo by W & D Downey, signed by the Duchess for all three, "Alexandra, Louise Duchess of Fife, Maud"
showing the girls with their mother in a garden, both the girls are sitting on their trikes and they are all wearing outdoor coats and hats, 8½" x 6½" in mount 11½" x 8¾", no place, no date but circa
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
40700
£375
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[LOUISE VICTORIA
(Alexandra Dagmar, 1867-1931, Princess Royal, Duchess of Fife)]
Fine unsigned cabinet photo possibly by Downey,
showing her half length, in profile wearing a lace sleeved dress and pearls, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1880
Stock No:
41359
£45
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[LUDWIG
((V), 1908-1968, younger son of Ernst Ludwig, 1868-1937, last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse & By Rhine, 1892-1918, by his second wife, 1905, Eleonore, 1871-1937, née Princess of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich)]
Unsigned Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Erwin Raupp of Darmstadt,
showing him standing full length, full face, hands on hips, in the 18th century dress uniform of a Hessian Grenadier, sold for the benefit of the Princess Alice Women's Union for the Care of the Sick in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, (recalling the Grand Duke's mother, Princess Alice of Great Britain), with the Hessian coat of arms on verso, 5½" x 3½", Darmstadt,
Item Date:
1913
Stock No:
54496
£75
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[LUDWIG ERNST ANDREAS
(1931-1937, elder son of Georg Donatus, 1906-1937, Hereditary Grand Duke, Head of the House of Hesse & By Rhein, October-November 1937, and his wife, 1931, Cecilie, 1911-1937, daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece & Princess Alice of Battenberg, and sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)]
Engaging unsigned Postcard Photograph,
showing him full length, full face turned laughing towards the camera, sitting naked inside a big empty tin bath on a lawn in the sunshine, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1932
Stock No:
54497
£95
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