[ELEONORE (Grand Duchess, 1871-1937, née Princess of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. second wife, 1905, of Ernst Ludwig, 1868-1937, last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse & By Rhine, 1892-1918, and her sons GEORG DONATUS, 1906-1937, and LUDWIG (V), 1908-1968)]

Unsigned Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Steinacker of Darmstadt, showing her nearly full length, nearly full face, sitting with her two boys in white small children's clothes on her lap, titled below in German, 5½" x 3½", no place, no date, circa

Ernst Ludwig found in Eleonore someone to share his artistic interests after the lonely period when Victoria Melita had left him and his daughter Elisabeth had died. Tragically the Grand Duchess, with Georg Donatus, his wife Cecilie and the two grandsons died when their plane crashed on leaving Ostende for Ludwig's wedding in London.

Item Date:  1910

Stock No:  54456      £150

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