Anastasia Pictures V

[Ally Kumari]

[TimM]

Cute little Imp.

[Alice]

I've noticed this before but have never mentioned it until now

The GDs had HUGE feet!

Oh good -- I'm not the only one who's noticed that. I brought it up years ago. I'll have to see if I can find the post -- I believe I might have used the word "boat" to describe them :^)

Good call Tim. Bunions to be exact. Never heard about her needing a special shoe but I guess it's possible.

If you look closely at some of the tennis pictures, you'll see Anastasia's wearing sandals rather than tennis shoes. There's a dark pair that's very easy to spot -- once you see them, you'll wonder why you never noticed before -- and a light pair that's pretty hard to see against her white stockings. You have to look for the buckles. If the sandals are any indication, the problem doesn't seem to have developed until around 1913-14.

Apologies for quoting a 2 year old post, but I figured it's relevant.

I was lucky enough to visit Catherine Palace in June and a pair of Anastasia's shoes were on display (if, with my limited Russian knowledge, I've read the caption correctly). It was impossible to avoid the reflections on the glass as it was very crowded and I had a limited angle to work with - sorry.

I was struck by how large they were. It's difficult to get a sense of it from the photo but I am quite sure I could've easily fit into these shoes, and these were from 1909!



Here is the accompanying caption. It's somewhat blurry so I don't know if anyone will be able to decipher it, but obviously, the title says "Children's shoes" and (I think?) Anastasia's name is there.

[GDSophie]

I've noticed this before but have never mentioned it until now

The GDs had HUGE feet!

Oh good -- I'm not the only one who's noticed that. I brought it up years ago. I'll have to see if I can find the post -- I believe I might have used the word "boat" to describe them :^)

Good call Tim. Bunions to be exact. Never heard about her needing a special shoe but I guess it's possible.

If you look closely at some of the tennis pictures, you'll see Anastasia's wearing sandals rather than tennis shoes. There's a dark pair that's very easy to spot -- once you see them, you'll wonder why you never noticed before -- and a light pair that's pretty hard to see against her white stockings. You have to look for the buckles. If the sandals are any indication, the problem doesn't seem to have developed until around 1913-14.

Apologies for quoting a 2 year old post, but I figured it's relevant.

I was lucky enough to visit Catherine Palace in June and a pair of Anastasia's shoes were on display (if, with my limited Russian knowledge, I've read the caption correctly). It was impossible to avoid the reflections on the glass as it was very crowded and I had a limited angle to work with - sorry.

I was struck by how large they were. It's difficult to get a sense of it from the photo but I am quite sure I could've easily fit into these shoes, and these were from 1909!



Here is the accompanying caption. It's somewhat blurry so I don't know if anyone will be able to decipher it, but obviously, the title says "Children's shoes" and (I think?) Anastasia's name is there.

You're right Alice, they do belong to Anastasia. You can easily decipher 'Anastasia Nikolaevna, youngest(?) daughter of Nicholas II'. She would have been 8 then, and I believe her shoes were big because of her bunions. They were made bigger to cause her comfort.

[nena]

It reads:

"туфли детские ткани парусиновая кожа металл" -- Kid's shoes : made of canvas leather and metal.

[GDSophie]

It reads:

"туфли детские ткани парусиновая кожа металл" -- Kid's shoes : made of canvas leather and metal.

But was I correct with my translation?

[nena]

You were . :-) Those belonged to GD Anastasia.

[Ally Kumari]

Another rare one from the 1906 session

[clockworkgirl21]

We've talked before about how big OTMA's feet were, this is just further proof! 

[GDSophie]

We've talked before about how big OTMA's feet were, this is just further proof! 

She's probably a modern day children's shoe size 9-10, or she may have breached the adult shoe size!

Breach may not be the right word, though.

[Ally Kumari]

A glimpse of Anastasia´s 1906 portraits



And of all the children

[GDSophie]

A glimpse of Anastasia´s 1906 portraits



And of all the children

Curious on why Anastasia's and the group's didn't have crosses over theirs but instead in the corner although taken by the same photographer.

[Kalafrana]

I went into adult shoe sizes when I was eight. I also remember reading the unexpurgated version of Cinderella at about the same time and realising that I was classed with the Ugly Sisters, who cut bits off their feet to try to get into the glass slipper!

Ann 

[Ortino]

A glimpse of Anastasia´s 1906 portraits



And of all the children

Curious on why Anastasia's and the group's didn't have crosses over theirs but instead in the corner although taken by the same photographer.

Perhaps proof that they had been reviewed? I would imagine that the photos were examined and reviewed by more than one person prior to distribution. It's a good question though. I noticed that the two images of all the children on the left have an "x" on the bottom left and the two images on the right have an "x" at the bottom right. The ones of Anastasia are marked in the bottom left corner. I wonder if there's any significance there....

Ally Kumari, would you mind revealing where these proofs came from?

[GDSophie]

Anastasia wearing a mask with Olga to her left(?)