THE CHILDREN OF CHRISTIAN IX OF DENMARK
[FREDERIK VIII
(1843-1912, King of Denmark) with his sisters ALEXANDRA (1844-1925, Queen of Edward VII of England), DAGMAR(Maria Feodorovna, 1847-1928, wife of Tsar Alexander III of Russia), THYRA (1853-1933, Duchess of Cumberland, wife of Ernst August, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Crown Prince of Hanover) and his wife LOUISE (1851-1926, daughter of Carl XV of Sweden)
Superb unsigned cabinet photo by George E. Hansen,
showing the women grouped around their brother/husband, with Thyra seated on the floor holding a small dog, 5¼" x 4¼", Copenhagen, no date, c.
trimmed at top and bottom not affecting the image
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
36360
£675
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FRIEDRICH
(1861-1914, younger brother of Bernhard III of Saxe-Meiningen)
Autograph letter signed 'Fritz' to his future sister-in-law
(Princess Charlotte of Prussia, 1860-1919) for her birthday (24th July), saying "How sad ... that Bernhard", (1851-1928, from 1914 Duke Bernhard III), "cannot be with you for this celebration ... He was very sorry ... As you know, he stayed here with us for one day at our request. All the same he was concerned that you should not take it amiss, that he had to spend 24 hours longer than he had planned in Marienbad!! But is he going very soon to the seaside at Ostend?", on the three previous 24th July they have been with Charlotte's brothers Wilhelm, (Kaiser Wilhelm II) and Heinrich "in Amsterdam, making a trip there from Scheveningen. These holidays we are going ... to Heligoland", after making sure their father Georg II is all right, "On the 4th July he was taken ill" in Scotland with no proper doctor "in a tiny out-of-the-way place ... by Loch Katrine ... Poor Papa has to put up with the most violent pains ... some kind of abdominal inflammation. Hopefully we will now see him well again in Liebenstein", with regards to her family and ending "Your most loving brother Fritz", crowned 'F', 4 sides 8vo., Hildburghausen, Saxe-Meiningen, 23rd July
Item Date:
1877
Stock No:
17836
£175
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[FRIEDRICH
(Wilhelm Nikolaus, 1831-1888, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, Emperor of Germany for 99 days)]
Fine unsigned Cabinet photo by Hills & Saunders
showing him three quarters length, in semi profile, standing holding his gun wearing a velvet suit, 6½" x 4½", no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1866
Stock No:
32573
£275
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[FRIEDRICH
(Wilhelm Nikolaus, 1831-1888, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, Emperor of Germany for 99 days) and his wife VICTORIA (1840-1901, Empress Frederick of Germany, eldest child of Queen Victoria & mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II)
Fine unsigned carte de visite photo by Hills & Saunders
showing the couple together, he is seated on a chair and she is leaning on the back of it, 4" x24½", no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
32579
£275
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FRIEDRICH FRANZ IV
(1882-1945, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, 1897-1918), his wife ALEXANDRA (1882-1963, 2nd Daughter of Ernst August, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Princess Thyra of Denmark), and their children FRIEDRICH FRANZ (V) (1910-2001), CHRISTIAN LUDWIG (1912-1996), THYRA (1919-1981) and ANASTASIA (1922-1979)
Group portrait photograph, signed in the margin 'Fritz' and 'Alex',
the latter has added the names 'Thyra' and 'Anastasia', also the place and date, showing them three quarter length, full face or nearly, the Grand Duke standing behind his wife, who is seated holding Anastasia dressed in a long white gown, the boys on the left in sailor suits, with Thyra seated in the middle, in a room in the hunting lodge, 4½" x 6¼" oval in margins 5¾" x 9", Gelbensande, near Ribnitz, with the dates November 11th (the day Princess Anastasia was born at Gelbensande) and 16th December
Item Date:
1922
Stock No:
54364
£375
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