Antique Photo Prince George of Greece Princess Marie Bonaparte & Children

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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel 'beautiful', meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.

Fine antique silver gelatine photograph by Boissonnas et Taponier of Paris of Prince George of Greece and Denmark (1869-1957), his wife Princess Marie (Bonaparte) (1882-1962), and their children Peter (1908-1980), and Eugenie (1910-1989), circa 1906.

He is remembered chiefly for having once saved the life of his cousin the future Tsar Nicholas II in 1891 during their visit to Japan together. She was a French author and psychoanalyst, closely linked with Sigmund Freud. Her wealth contributed to the popularity of psychoanalysis, and enabled Freud's escape from Nazi Germany.

Marie Bonaparte was a great-grandniece of Emperor Napoleon I of France, she was the only child of Prince Roland Bonaparte.

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Size: 39 x 29 cm approx

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