Olga Photographs IV

[blessOTMA]

Olga's diary mentions by name the horses that she and Tatiana rode during their regimental exercises on 5 August 1913:
At 10:30 the two of us in uniforms went to the training grounds. We rode on horses: I rode on Regent, T[atiana] on Robino.

Indeed, but this horse is not Regent. Both of Regent's  back feet had  white ankles. So perhaps this is just a photo shoot?
...or  Olga changed horses for the review. At the review she is riding the horse with two white back feet

[blessOTMA]

Here's  terrific footage of the review

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-si1gMtPNM&feature=channel#movie_player

You can often pick out Olga because, as I mentioned, her horse, Regent,  has two white back feet .  You can see the girls ride up behind their father and smile at each other at 3:40 on the right hand side of the screen. Of course the film is from the fabulous  tashusik!

[markjhnstn]

You're right! That's a terrific piece of film. I've never seen that before. I thought i'd seen all the film of them that existed!! Many thanks for the link

[blessOTMA]

You're right! That's a terrific piece of film. I've never seen that before. I thought i'd seen all the film of them that existed!! Many thanks for the link

And I see more of them each time I view it! I hadn't realized before  the girls are there almost from the start before I checked that the link as still working last night . They were fine horse women!

[Tasia]

cOOL!!!!

[abbigail]

Watchng that always makes me smile

[royal_netherlands]

From Sotheby's:



Description
Postcard signed by the four Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastasia, sending Christmas and New Year greetings to Nona Kerr

Condition Note: 1 page, oblong 8vo, December 1915, the verso being a coloured image of a haughty woman and a suppliant man entitled 'Die Stolze - La Fière'



f - GRAND DUCHESSES OLGA, TATIANA, MARIE AND ANASTASIA.
POSTCARD SIGNED BY THE FOUR GRAND DUCHESSES OLGA, TATIANA, MARIE AND ANASTASIA, SENDING CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS TO NONA KERR

[Dru]

Charity stamp of Olga from World War I. 

[blessOTMA]

DRU! That's the clearest  copy of that Olga 1916 formal photo I have ever seen! wow! Thanks for posting it! I love it!

[blessOTMA]

Nice, royal_netherlands ! Thank you for posting it!  Looks  like Olga wrote the message part. Wouldn't that be a great thing to have?
 

[larri*]

Charity stamp of Olga from World War I. 

Wonderful photograph Dru! thank you very much for sharing it =)

[Tasia]

royal_netherlands AND dru, thanks a LOT!!

[Romanov_History_Buff]

To me it looks like a different one from this one http://nd01.jxs.cz/298/891/5cdcfc4eae_44828018_o2.jpg her eyes (in linked photo) seem more open and she looks somewhat sad and her lips seemed almost pursed where as the one that was just posted http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/4556748356_84e13f7608_o.jpg it looks as though she actually trying to smile a little and her posture seems more straight... but i don't know it's just my opinion! Has anyone else noticed any differences or is it just me? lovely photo though Dru! 

[blessOTMA]

I see what you are saying, but I think they might be the same phot , just one is printed darker than the other... But I can't say I think much of the photographer!  I'm not crazy about these photos where they are in shadow! The Taiana one taken at this time isn't so great either... just imo

[Dust_of_History]

Here's another one: