SOPHIA (Dorothea Ulrike Alice, 1870-1932, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, wife, 1889, of King Constantine I of Greece)

New Year card in colours, signed and inscribed on verso to "For my darling Nana", Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin (b. 1837 or 1838, née Conway, from 1886 Mrs William Morter), showing two little girls in church, the elder standing with a muff, the younger dangling her legs over the pew edge, published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner, the card 1 side 5¼" x 4", no place, no date, circa two very faint creases near left margin

Mrs Wakelin was Nanny from about 1860 to the children of the Crown Prince, later Emperor Friedrich III, and Vicky, till 1879, when she went to look after Princess Charlotte's baby Feo. She remarried in 1886 to William Morter of Hampstead.

Item Date:  1888

Stock No:  53632      £175

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