Royalty
[MARIA CRISTINA
(1858-1929, née Archduchess of Austria, second wife, 1879, of Alfonso XII and mother of Alfonso XIII, Queen Regent 1885-1902) and her mother Elisabeth Franziska Maria (1831-1903, wife of Archduke Karl Ferdinand and daughter of Joseph the elder, Palatine of Hungary)]
Rare Unsigned Carte-de-visite Portrait Photograph,
while Cristina was still unmarried, showing them both full length, three quarter face, Cristina is seated, writing with a quill pen at a small table, in a dress with long vertical stripes, watched by her mother who is looking down with her hand on the table, and wearing a dark dress with broad velvet ribbons hanging from the shoulder, 4 x 2½, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1876
Background
Queen Cristina was by nature a strong Conservative. Her long Regency owed much to her ability to work with Liberals and to encourage consensus politics between the two main parties.
small bump in middle of blank bottom margin without loss
Stock No. 55451