Kodak's introduction of cheap camera technologies at the turn of the twentieth century enabled larger sectors of the society to take their likeness and the likeness of those people important to them. This portrait of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882-1960) is from an album of snapshots compiled by Princess Victoria (1868-1935). Princess Victoria was an avid amateur photographer and photographed her family on numerous occasions. In this photograph, Olga is seated beside a Kodak brownie camera. Olga was a keen artist and it is possible the sketches on the wall behind her were her own creation.