FERDINAND, FRANZ, Archduke of Austria (1863-1914). Photograph signed ("Erzherzog Ferdinand"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1885]. 175 x 118 mm. (6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.), minor spotting, rubbing to verso. A shoulder-length portrait, signed on the lower portion of the image. Very rare.

細節
FERDINAND, FRANZ, Archduke of Austria (1863-1914). Photograph signed ("Erzherzog Ferdinand"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1885]. 175 x 118 mm. (6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.), minor spotting, rubbing to verso. A shoulder-length portrait, signed on the lower portion of the image. Very rare.

His assassination (June 28, 1914) by Serbians in a political plot at Sarajevo, Bosnia, was the immediate cause of World War I.
來源
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1970, lot 86).