2962971 Fanny Lear, c.1875 (b/w photo) by Reutlinger, Charles (1816-88); Private Collection; (add.info.: Born Harriet Clarissima Ely, Hattie Blackford (1848-86) an American adventuress who had a scandalous affair with Russian Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich (1850-1918). His gifts of jewels, which turned out to be his mother\'s, lead to him being declared insane and exiled. \'Fanny Lear The Romance of an American in Russia\' was written in 1875 after she was deported. ); French, out of copyright.