Just this past week I was sure I had identified this unknown “Woman in Uniform” as Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna. She seemed to check all the right boxes. I had the images all tagged and uploaded.
Then I began searching for information about her hat, or shako as it is known. That bullseye badge in front turns out to be French. I had been fooled into thinking it was right because I found images of women rein-actors of the Battle of Borodino with similar shakos and badges. Part of the two hundredth anniversary commemorations. Turns out I was looking at the Napoleonic troops and not the Russian. Tatiana Nikolaevna had been part of the 100th anniversary commemorations but this was not the patron of a Russian regiment in that hat. Had to change those tags.
I am back to where I started. An unknown woman in uniform. This has to be a portrait and not a fantasy. If not the patron of a regiment, then possibly an actor or entertainer. The searching continues.
13.2 cm in height.
