This item is part of a collection of letters from the Duke and Duchess of Teck, Mary of Teck and two members of their Royal Household, Hélène Bricka and A. Nelson Hood to Dr. William Wilberforce Baldwin. See the collection record for more information.
This photograph was the engagement photo of Princess Mary and Prince Victor Albert. The Prince would die of pneumonia on January 14, 1892 and Princess Mary would marry his brother, George V in 1893.
Printed beneath the photograph "Hills & Saunders / Eton / By appointment to the Queen / Also at Harrow - Sandhurst - Oxford & Cambridge."
A three-quarter length portrait of the Prince, resting on the edge of a table with his arms crossed in front of him, Princess Mary standing to his right holding a pair of gloves in her hands and both facing the camera.