Royalty
[VICTORIA
(1840-1901, Empress Frederick of Germany, wife of Frederick III, eldest child of Queen Victoria & mother of Kaiser Wilhelm II) and her sister Princess ALICE (1843-1878, wife, 1862, of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse & mother of Alexandra Feodorovna)]
Charming unsigned Carte-de-visite Portrait Photograph, by Ernst Milster
of Berlin, showing them head and touching shoulders, three quarter face towards the right, Princess Alice with a plain hair band, the Crown Princess with a more elaborate jewelled one, two striking character studies not often seen together by this date, soft-edged image approximately 1¾ x 1½ on card mount 4 x 2½, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1875
Background
With the contemporary label on the verso of P.E. Chappuis, of Fleet Street, 'Photographer, Reflector Patentee, Importer and Manufacturer of Amusing and Scientific Novelties'. Chappuis' reflectors were designed to bring daylight into dark basements.
neat early identification in top blank portion of image
Stock No. 54839