Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia 1860-1922.
Boasson and Eggler
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
photographic paper and giltwood
Measurements
173 mm (H)82 mm (W)320 mm (H)260 mm (W)
Place of origin
Saint Petersburg
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246793
Summary
A professional studio portrait. Signed and dated.
Full description
Anastasia poses in a long flowing dress in a studio " on board the "Emerald". (Emerald was a privately owned steam turbine yacht.) Anastasia was the only daughter and second child of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and Princess Cecilie of Baden. In 1878 Anastasia married Freidrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She would have met Margaret Greville in the South of France and Baden-Baden.
Marks and inscriptions
Boissonnas (?) and Eggler, St. Petersburg, Nevsky No. 24 (inscribed on front)
Makers and roles
Boasson and Eggler, photographer