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)]
Unsigned Portrait Postcard Photograph, (by Thiele),
titled in German 'Our Little Princess', showing her full length, full face, hands together, in a white dress with a broad lace collar, published by Lautz of Darmstadt, 5½ x 3½, no place, dated within the image
Item Date: 1902
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Background
Elisabeth and her father grew even closer after her mother had left. Tragically she died suddenly of typhoid on 16th November 1903 at the hunting lodge in Poland where they were visiting the Grand Duke's sister Alix and her husband Nicholas II.
with correspondence in German dated 8th December 1903 in the blank margins of the recto
Stock No. 54844
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