[ELISABETH (1895-1903, only daughter of Ernst Ludwig, 1868-1937, last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse & By Rhine, 1892-1918, by his first wife, 1894-1901, Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, 1876-1936)]

Unsigned Portrait Postcard Photograph, probably by Paul Winter, showing her head and shoulders, full face, sitting in a carved chair, a smile beginning to form in her eyes, titled 'Our little Princess' and neatly identified in pencil below, both in German, 2½" x 4½" in margins 5½" x 3½", published by Lautz of Darmstadt, no place. no date, circa lightly addressed in pencil on verso but unused postally

Elisabeth and her father grew even closer after her mother had left. Tragically she died suddenly of typhoid at the hunting lodge in Poland where they were visiting the Grand Duke's sister Alix and her husband Nicholas II.

Item Date:  1902

Stock No:  54461      £65

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