(Marie, née Princess of Baden, 1834-1899, wife of Prince Ernst of LEININGEN)
Fine unsigned hand tinted carte-de-visite photograph by C. Silvy
showing her full length standing in a full-skirted purple dress, in front of a fantasy mountain landscape, 4 x 2½, 38 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, no date but circa
The Princess was a daughter of Leopold, 1790-1852, from 1830 Grand Duke of Baden. In 1858 she married Ernst, 1830-1904, 4th Prince of Leiningen. He became an Admiral in the British Navy and was Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. His father, Karl, 3rd Prince, was a half-brother of Queen Victoria.Camille-Léon-Louis SILVY (1834-1910) was a French photographer, primarily active in London.