Photograph of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger
Photography
Inventory number
2025.5.5.3.PH.OT.C1930.USDescription
Photograph of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia the Younger using a typewriter while sitting at a desk. She wears a coat around her shoulders over a striped white dress with a v neckline. She wears a ring, two bracelets and a pin brooch at her chest.Maria Pavlovna the Younger (1890-1958) was a Russian grand duchess, the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, youngest son of Tsar Alexander II, and Princess Alexandra of Greece. A prominent figure in the Romanov exile community after the Russian Revolution, she lived in Europe and the U.S., where she worked as a fashion designer and wrote a memoir, Education of a Princess (1930).
Material
PhotographOrigin
circa 1930 United StatesDimensions
Length : 20 cmHeight : 25 cm