[OLGA ALEXANDROVNA
(1882-1960, younger daughter of Alexander III, and her 2nd husband Colonel of Cavalry Nikolai KULIKOVSKY (1881-1958)]
Early Wartime Issue of the Danish Magazine Billed-Bladet ('The Picture Paper'),
where the main feature is their Silver Wedding Anniversary (splendid cover photo and pp. 18-25), with many fine photographs, including those taken on Olga's wedding day in Kiev, 17th November 1916, as a nurse with Nicholas II at a wounded soldier's bedside, the couple with their young sons, 1923, after they reached Denmark, their farm 'Knudsminde' at Ballerup south of Copenhagen, their simple silver wedding dinner, the Grand Duchess linking arms with her two sons in Danish uniform, her painting in the open, many of her paintings are on the walls in the other photos, and her devoted maid Emilie Tenzov, altogether a fascinating record of this time, other features show American film stars with their dogs, Prince Carl Johan studying at the military academy in Sweden, Paris at Night - 41 (high life in spite of the war, with a picture of Colette), American college girls and their sweaters, fashionable party games, the latest films, and the jazz scene, 32 sides 14½" x 10½", Copenhagen, 4th Year, No. 47, 25th November
Item Date:
1941
Stock No:
56058
£95
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OLGA ALEXANDROVNA
(1882-1960, younger daughter of Alexander III) and her sister XENIA (1875-1960)
Fine Archive of 8 Autograph Letters Signed 'Olga', including one with an original crayon drawing, and 1 Unsigned Autograph Note by Xenia, to Mrs Bessie SINCLAIR,
containing many details of Olga's life farming at Ballerup near Copenhagen and later in Canada, including one letter which has attached a picture drawn by Olga for Mrs Sinclair when in Russia, signed in Russian and dated 1893, sent to Olga in 1939 and then returned, references to Olga's exhibition of her paintings at Walker's Galleries in London, 19th June - 1st July 1939, Xenia's note giving Olga's address in Canada, and a long letter from Olga on hearing again from Mrs Sinclair, with details of her farm there, her children and grandchildren, 6th February 1951, together 21 sides mostly tall 8vo, Ballerup near Copenhagen, Hampton Court and Campbellville, Ontario, 21st April 1939 - 6th February 1940 and 27th December 1950 - 5th May
Item Date:
1951
Stock No:
56279
£5750
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OLGA ALEXANDROVNA
(1882-1960, younger daughter of Alexander III)
Fine Group Portrait Postcard
in black and white, of the painting by Laurits Tuxen (1853-1927, Danish artist), of King Christian IX and his family, including also on their annual visit, his Russian son-in-law Alexander III, recently crowned, and his family, inscribed on the verso by Grand Duchess Olga "This huge painting was done at Fredensborg in 1883. The tiny baby in front - is me!", giving the name of the artist and saying "Queen Victoria had many of his pictures", 30 images in all, 3½" x 5½", the original painted 1883 - 1886, this print circa
Item Date:
1939
Stock No:
56281
£475
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[OLGA ALEXANDROVNA
(1882-1960, younger daughter of Alexander III, and her 2nd husband Colonel of Cavalry Nikolai KULIKOVSKY (1881-1958) with her fiancée PETER (Duke of Oldenburg, 1868-1924, son of Duke Alexander of Oldenburg)]
Fine unsigned Russian postcard photo
showing the couple seated together in the year of their engagement, wearing black, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date,
Item Date:
1901
Stock No:
31649
£325
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[OLGA ALEXANDROVNA
(1882-1960, younger daughter of Alexander III, and her 2nd husband Colonel of Cavalry Nikolai KULIKOVSKY (1881-1958)]
Splendid Large unsigned Portrait Photograph,
showing her standing full length, full face, eyes turned to the viewer's right, in a long dress beautifully embroidered in Russian style with patterns of spirals, above her forehead is a bar with five jewelled pendants, a rose in her left hand, her right rests on the studio mantelpiece holding a trailing ribbon from her dress, 21" x 13", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1901
Stock No:
56268
£675
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