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
small bump in middle of blank bottom margin without loss
£125
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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.
Stock No. 55451
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