[NICHOLAS II (1868-1918, Emperor of Russia), Princes GEORGE (1869-1957) and CHRISTOPHER (1888-1940) of Greece, and Princes or Princesses of Cumberland GEORG WILHELM (1880-1912, Earl of Armagh), ALEXANDRA (1882-1963, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin), OLGA (1884-1958) and CHRISTIAN (1885-1901)]

Charming and unusual original unsigned group postcard photograph ['copyright'] of these 7 first cousins, aged between 3 and 23, all full face (Christian just looking away a little), showing the future Emperor standing on the right, standing on the left are Alexandra, Georg Wilhelm and Christopher, while seated in a child's four-wheeled carriage are Olga and Christian, also Prince George of the Hellenes, 2nd son of George I, perched across the driving seat with Christian of Cumberland on his knee, in the background is a sentry box with the cipher of their grandfather Christian IX, 3½" x 5½", identified and dated in pencil on the verso in English in a German hand, [Denmark],

Christian IX's children included Dagmar, Nicholas II's mother, George I of Greece, and Thyra, Duchess of Cumberland.

Item Date:  1891

Stock No:  53428      £225

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