[ANDREI VLADIMIROVICH (Grand Duke,1879-1956, Russian Major-General, Grandson of Tsar Alexander II, Cousin of Nicholas II) and his wife Mathilda KSCHESSINSKA (1872-1971, Princess Romanovsky-Ksrassinsky)]

Pair of reproduction unsigned photos showing them three quarters length in Russian costume, he is wearing a tunic with the Imperial Eagle on the front, gauntlets and a hat, she has a bejewelled dress and embroidered hat, each 8" x 5". no place, no date, circa

Andrei Vladimirovich married the great Russian ballerina Matilda Kschessinska, (1872-1971), in 1921, who had been for a while the mistress of Nicholas II. Slava was the son of her brother, the actor Joseph Kschessinsky, 1868-1942, who stayed in Russia. Slava's mother was another famous ballerina, Serafima Alexandrovna Astafieva, 1876-1934. She opened her school at 152 Kings Road, Chelsea, in 1916, and her son married Margot Luck, one of her pupils.

Item Date:  1900

Stock No:  38863      £125

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