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 their sons GEORG DONATUS, 1906-1937, and LUDWIG (V), 1908-1968)]
Charming unsigned Group Portrait Postcard Photograph, by Susanne Homann
of Darmstadt, showing the parents sitting cross legged in a meadow, father and the two boys full or nearly full face, the Grand Duchess looking down at Ludwig in infant's clothes sitting between them, with Georg Donatus standing behind, 5½ x 3½, no place,
Item Date: 1909
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. 54475