Royalty
[ERNST LUDWIG
(1868-1937, last reigning Grand Duke of Hesse & By Rhine, 1892-1918, his second wife, 1905, ELEONORE, 1871-1937, née Princess of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, and elder son GEORG DONATUS, 1906-1937)]
Charming unsigned Group Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Susanne Homann
of Darmstadt, showing the parents sitting cross legged in a meadow, the Grand Duke holds a small rabbit which Prince Georg Donatus, standing between his parents, views with great interest, all the clothes are white apart from the Grand Duke's jacket, titled below in German, 5½ x 3½, no place,
Item Date: 1908
Background
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.
Stock No. 54473