MARGARETE (Beatrice Feodora, 1872-1954, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III Emperor of Prussia, wife of Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse)

Superb Royal cabinet photo by H. S. Mendelssohn signed and inscribed "Margarete Princess of Prussia Aug 31st 1884", showing her as a young girl, three quarters length in a dress with a ruched front and a coat with buttons up the sides, against an outdoor background, 8½" x 5½", no place, 31st August

Princess Margaret of Prussia was the youngest of eight children born to Frederick III, German Emperor, then heir of the German Empire and his wife, Victoria, Princess Royal, Queen Victoria's eldest daughter. Born on 22 April 1872 in the Hohenzollerns' New Palace in Potsdam, by the time the infant was christened, her head was covered with short hair like moss, from which she acquired her nickname "Mossy".

Item Date:  1884

Stock No:  38839      £675

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