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Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her children c.1863
Albumen print | 15.6 x 17.6 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2938380

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Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her children c.1863

Unknown Person
Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna with her children c.1863


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Photograph of Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna (1830-1911) with her children. She is sitting at the centre of the group looking to the right with her left arm outstretched. The baby Grand Duke Viatcheslav Constantinovich (1862-1879) is sitting on her knee and Grand Duke Dimitri Constantinovich (1860-1919) is sitting on the floor by her feet. Grand Duchess Vera Constantinovna (1854-1912) is kneeling to the left with Grand Duke Constantine Constantinovich (1858-1915) standing behind her. Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinovich (1850-1918) and Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna (1851-1926), later Queen Olga of the Hellenes, are standing to the right. There is a photograph of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolayevich on an ornately carved pillar to the right. Grand Duke Constantine Nikolayevich had six children with his consort Grand Duchess Alexandra Iossifovna. He later had a number of illegitimate children.
Provenance
Presented to the Royal Collection in 2007
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
15.6 x 17.6 cm (image) (image)
21.4 x 23.9 cm (mount)