Maria Pavlovna by K.Bergamasco (1887)

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (1854-1920)
Albumen print / 19.5 x 10.6 cm (image) (image) / RCIN 2927210
Bust-length photograph of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. She is facing left and wearing the Vladimir Tiara. The photograph is annotated 'Marie Cannes 1887'.

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, previously Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, was the consort of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich. The Vladimir Tiara was made for her in the 1880s and was sold to Queen Mary in 1921. It is now in the collection of HM Queen Elizabeth II.