Royalty
[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)]
Memorial Portrait Postcard Photograph,
by Paul Winter of Darmstadt, showing her standing full length, full face, in a white elbow length dress, a bouquet hangs from her right hand, another is on a stand on her left, with her name and dates below, titled 'Our little Princess' in German, 5½ x 3½, no place, no date but
Item Date: 1903
Background
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.
Stock No. 54467