Royalty
[LEOPOLD II
(1835-1909, from 1865 King of the Belgians)]
Photograph by Ghémar Frères of the Painting by Julius Josephus Gaspard Starck
(1814-1884), showing Leopold II, full length, three quarter face, on horseback, accompanied by high-ranking officers, the king has just removed his hat and is looking towards the left of the viewer, signed by the artist on the mount, 4 x 5¼ on photographer's card mount 10½ x 13¼, also signed and dated within the negative by the artist
Item Date: 1880
Background
1880 was the 50th Anniversary of Belgium's independence.Louis-Joseph GHÉMAR, (1819-1873) was a Belgian lithographer, painter and photographer.
minor defects in blank corners of card, the image unaffected
Stock No. 56225