Beschreibung:

A group of large size photographs of royalty 19th/ 20th century comprising: 1. a photograph of Victoria Melita Princess of Great Britain (1878-1936), daughter of Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovich and Alfred Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, married firstly to Ernst Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse and secondly to Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich, photo taken in Coburg, circa 1898, framed 2. a photograph of King Christian IX of Denmark (1818-1906) with his consort, Louise Princess of Hesse-Cassel, their daughter Thyra, Duchess of Cumberland and her children f.l.t.r. Christian, Olga, Marie Luise, Alexandra, Georg Wilhelm, Copenhagen in 1886, Atelier Danilsen, Copenhagen (the youngest child, Ernst August was born in 1887) 3. and 4. a photograph of Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), son of Queen Victoria, with his wife Louise, Princess of Prussia (1860-1917) and his children Arthur, Prince of Connaught (1883-1938) and the daughters Victoria Patricia, later married to Sir Alexander Ramsay and Margarethe (1882-1920) married later to Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, taken at Bagshot Park, circa 1900; together with another photograph of him with the Duchess and possibly their daughter Margaret with her eldest child, Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, born in 1906, Atelier Hills & Saunders, Eaton 5. a wedding photograph of Prince Alexander of Teck, Earl of Athlone (1874-1957) with Princess Alice of Great Britain (1883-1981), inscribed Windsor d. 10 ten Februar 1904, surrounded by bridesmaids, amongst them Princess Patricia, later Lady Ramsey, Atelier W.S. Stuart, Richmond and Sloane Street 6. a photograph of Friedrich Franz IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (1882-1945) with his consort, Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882-1963) and their son, the Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz, Atelier Heuschkel, Schwerin 7. a photograph of the Mecklenburg Grand Ducal family, Duchess Elisabeth, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, Duke Christian Ludwig the Grand Duchess Alexandra, the German Crown Princess Cecilie, Princess Olga of Hanover, the Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz, the Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, Duke Adolf Friedrich Prince Hubertus of Prussia, with the young Duchess' Anastasia, Woizlawa and seated in front, photograph taken at Schloss Ludwigslust, 1928, Atelier Esch (also illustrated in C.L. Herzog zu Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Portaits und Photographien, 2003, p.149) 8. a photograph of Admiral Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), son of Emperor Friedrich and brother of Emperor Wilhelm II, amongst naval officers, Atelier Schmitt & Weggener, Kiel 9. a photograph of a royal family gathering at Gmunden, Austria, including members of the Danish Royal Family, the Dukes of Cumberland, the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, circa 1904 10. a photograph of Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891-1942), circa 1907, in uniform, son of Grand Duke Paul und Grand Duchess Alexandra, Princess of Greece 11. a photograph of Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828-1885), called 'The Red Prince' because of the colour of his Hussar uniform, circa 1860 12. a series of five photographs of the German Crown Prince Friedrich (1831-1888), in uniform, dated 11.1.1883 and 28.1.1884, Atelier Reichard, Berlin 13. a photograph of the German Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-1951) with his family, Crown Princess Cecilie and five children Wilhelm, Louis Ferdinand, Hubertus, Friedrich and the baby Alexandrine, born 1915, Atelier Selle, circa 1915 14. a photograph of Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891-1927), Atelier Tellgmann, Mühlhausen, circa 1914 15. signed and dated portrait photograph of Princess Eudoxie of Bulgaria (1898-1985), dated 1917, Atelier Kosel, Wien 16. signed and dated portrait photograph of her sister, Princess Nadejda of Bulgaria (1899-1958), both daughters of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Duke zu Sayony 17. three photographs of the wedding in Palermo in 1929 of Prince Christoph of Greece (1888-1940) with Princess Francoise of Fr