Emperor Francis Joseph I of Austria - a presentation portrait

portrait photograph of the monarch with original signature and with dedication “In steter Gewogenheit Franz Joseph” [In constant appreciation, Francis Joseph], the old emperor standing in field marshal’s uniform with medals, silver-print in boudoir format, in magnificent frame, brass-gilded and partly enamelled, contour strip, in the corners the raised emperor’s monogram “FJ” as well as the coat of arms of the House of Hapsburg-Lorraine, surmounted by the Austrian imperial crown, silver-gilded and enamelled, fitted with standing device, 31 x 18.5 cm, in original box of the purveyor to the imperial and royal court J. C. Klinkosch, Vienna, hinged lid with applied emperor’s monogram “FJI” and imperial crown, (Lu)

A presentation portrait of the emperor to the Imperial War Minister, Infantry General Franz Xaver Freiherr von Schönaich (1844-1916).