RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ANTIQUE CABINET CARD GRAND DUCHESS MARIA ALEXANDROVNA WD DOWNEY for Sale

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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ANTIQUE CABINET CARD GRAND DUCHESS MARIA ALEXANDROVNA WD DOWNEY For Sale

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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ANTIQUE CABINET CARD GRAND DUCHESS MARIA ALEXANDROVNA WD DOWNEY:
$125.00

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Originalrare cabinet photo, of Russian Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna

Cabinet card portrait, Princess Marie (1853-1920),
Duchess of Edinburgh and Grand Duchess of Russia.

Princess Marie, Duchess of Edinburgh, was born Maria Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, the only daughter of Tsar Alexander II and Marie of Hesse-Darmstadt. In 1874 she married Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, fourth son of Queen Victoria. The Queen did not meet the Grand Duchess before the wedding, which took place in St Petersburg in 1874, the bridegroom appearing in the uniform of a Russian naval captain, much to the Queen’s displeasure. However, when she eventually did meet her new daughter-in-law, she liked her very well, finding her good-natured, natural and intelligent. The satisfaction was not mutual. Her family in Russia heard that the Duchess found her visits to Windsor and Osborne ‘boring beyond belief,’ that English food was ‘abominable,’ and London, where the couple lived at Clarence House, ‘hideous.’ As for her husband, it was obvious that she found his heavy drinking and his evil temper exasperating. She was relieved when he went back to sea. Nevertheless, the couple had five children. Their son Alfred died in 1899 at the age of 25 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Marie died in 1920 at Zurich.

Studio:Cabinet Card William and Daniel Downey of London and Newcastle.

Condition:Please see scans. Some spotting & some loss of tone, small amount
of foxing, but is otherwise clean, firm and solid, in very good condition.

Dimensions:Standard cabinet card are approx. 6.5” by 4.3” (16.5 cm by 10.8 cm).

The card may have: light wear, scratching, toning, fading, minor staining,
spotting, soft or dinged corners and slight cupping as shown in pics.
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