![HABSBURG Gizela, Archduchess—as a child, portrait photograph, L. Angerer, Vienna, [ca. 1864–1865]](https://gcp-la8-storage-cdn.lot-art.com/public/upl/15/HABSBURG-Gizela-Archduchess-as-a-child-portrait-photograph-L-Angerer-Vienna-ca-1864-1865_6adfe991be1ee-full-16519600_1793059218-6adfe99228560.jpg "HABSBURG Gizela, Archduchess—as a child, portrait photograph, L. Angerer, Vienna, [ca. 1864–1865]")
HABSBURG Gizela, Archduchess—as a child, portrait photograph, L. Angerer, Vienna, [ca. 1864–1865]
HABSBURG Gizela, Archduchess—as a child, portrait photograph, L. Angerer, Vienna, [ca. 1864–1865].
Photograph (albumen print) on original mount, measuring 10.6 x 6.2 cm (visiting card size), with the upper corners trimmed, by Ludwig Angerer in Vienna.
A young girl, a few years old, is depicted full-length, wearing a frilled dress and high-top shoes, leaning against a chair. The inscription “L. Angerer” is printed below the photograph. On the reverse, an advertising vignette of the studio featuring the imperial eagle and two medals: “L. Angerer K.K. Hof-Photograph in Wien. Photographed from life. All rights reserved,” an old pencil annotation reading “Princess Gisela,” as well as later additions and collector’s signatures. In good condition.
Gizela Habsburg (1856–1932)—the second daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth (her older sister Sophie died in childhood). In 1873, she married Prince Leopold of Bavaria and settled in Munich, where she was renowned for her charitable work.
L. Angerer (1827–1879)—one of the pioneers of photography in Austria; from 1860, he served as the imperial and royal court photographer in Vienna. His studio on Feldgasse in Vienna produced most of the official portraits of the imperial family in the 1860s.
HABSBURG Gizela, Archduchess—as a child, portrait photograph, L. Angerer, Vienna, [ca. 1864–1865].
Photograph (albumen print) on original mount, measuring 10.6 x 6.2 cm (visiting card size), with the upper corners trimmed, by Ludwig Angerer in Vienna.
A young girl, a few years old, is depicted full-length, wearing a frilled dress and high-top shoes, leaning against a chair. The inscription “L. Angerer” is printed below the photograph. On the reverse, an advertising vignette of the studio featuring the imperial eagle and two medals: “L. Angerer K.K. Hof-Photograph in Wien. Photographed from life. All rights reserved,” an old pencil annotation reading “Princess Gisela,” as well as later additions and collector’s signatures. In good condition.
Gizela Habsburg (1856–1932)—the second daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth (her older sister Sophie died in childhood). In 1873, she married Prince Leopold of Bavaria and settled in Munich, where she was renowned for her charitable work.
L. Angerer (1827–1879)—one of the pioneers of photography in Austria; from 1860, he served as the imperial and royal court photographer in Vienna. His studio on Feldgasse in Vienna produced most of the official portraits of the imperial family in the 1860s.
