#hessisches staatsarchiv darmstadt

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Olga Nikolaevna, Anastasia Nikolaevna, Tatiana Nikolaevna and Maria Nikolaevna in Spala, October 1912

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New photographs of the last Romanov family (scroll to see them all!)

Some of the photographs were previously only available for viewing in very low resolution - see these photos for before vs after to show the difference!

The photos mostly originate from the meetings of the Romanov family with their Hessian relatives: the Tsarina’s brother Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig, his wife Grand Duchess Eleonore, and their children, Georg Donatus and Ludwig. Photographs include the family on the Standart yacht, in the Livadia Palace dining hall, and at events greeting the public, from around 1910 to 1912.

Sources and photos: 

📍Ольга, @om871218 (Pinterest), [accessed November 2024]

📍Darmstadt (Hesse), Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt

— I have cropped the photos so just the images are shown, and no background walls/screens 

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1897

Portrait of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse (1895-1903)

Portrait of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, dated 1897.

The author is unknown, but according to art historian and expert Thomas Aufleger, it could be Kaulbach. Although he possibly met Elisabeth in 1903, he painted Victoria Melita earlier and this portrait could have been drawn in the same occasion.

The portrait above was once in Victoria Melita's Salon in the Neues Palais. The photo below was taken in 1897 by Joseph Magnus.

source: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt. Thank you Thomas for the info!

Apart from this portrait, 2 more portraits of Elisabeth were made in 1897:

-Portrait (probably dating 1897) by court painter Heinrich Reinhard Kröh (1841-1941). It shows Elisabeth sitting on the floor (in profile), dressed up in white lace and playing with one of her many dogs.

-Art-Noveau watercolour by Joseph Hartmann showing Elisabeth in Grand Duchess Alice's rotunda reception room at the Neues Palais in 1897. 

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Lovely Princess Marie Caroline of Battenberg and her first cousin Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, late 1860s.

Same sitting

Source: Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt.

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Alexandra Feodorovna with her sister Irene of Prussia onboard the Standart, August 1909

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Anna Agnes, Olga Nikolaevna, Johanna Marie, Tatiana Nikolaevna, Anastasia Nikolaevna and Maria Nikolaevna in Ortenberg, September 1910

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Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna photographed by Levitsky and signed by herself in 1901

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Maria Nikolaevna, Olga Nikolaevna and Alexandra Feodorovna onboard the Standart, May 25th 1912

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Tsar Nicholas ii, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and her nephew Ludwig of Hesse on the beach of Novi Svet, 24th May 1912

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Tatiana Nikolaevna, Alexandra Feodorovna, and Olga Nikolaevna onboard the Standart, August 7th 1909

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Tsar Nicholas II, Ernst of Hesse, and Alexandra Feodorovna in conversation with court ladies in Hemmelmark, July 27th/28th 1909

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Olga Nikolaevna, Alexandra Feodorovna, and Tatiana Nikolaevna in Livadia, May 8th 1912

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Nicholas and Alexandra with Anastasia? behind them onboard the Standart, 1912

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Nicholas ii, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, Maria Nikolaevna, Ernst of Hesse, and Count Alexander Grabbe (in the background behind Nicky and Alix) on the beach of Novi Svet, 25th May 1912

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Alexandra Feodorovna and Ernst of Hesse at the Livadia Palace, April 20th 1912