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ELLIOTT & FRY (ACTIVE 1863-1962)

Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895-1918)

c. 1883

Hand coloured gelatin silver print | 9.2 x 6.6 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2914342

Photograph of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia as an infant. The child faces the viewer and appears in a hand-coloured, heart shaped frame, the rest of the photograph remaining un-coloured. She wears a white dress with a blue ribbon tied around her waist and a small, gold coloured pendant around her neck. One of five photographs catalogued at Collections Level, featuring children and including Princess Beatrice of Saxe Coburg Gotha and three other unidentified children. (2914343-2914346).

  • Creator(s)

    Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Beatrice of Orleans & Borbón (1884-1966)
    Grand Duchess Olga of Russia (1895-1918)

  • 9.2 x 6.6 cm (image) (image)

    11.1 x 7.9 cm (image) (mount)

  • Subject(s)
    • People
      • Children
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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