![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.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/NYR/2015_NYR_03900_0175_000(ferdinand_franz_archduke_of_austria_photograph_signed_np_nd_circa_1885043228).jpg?w=1)
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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.
Provenance: The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1970, lot 86). Marans Collection, Chrisrtie's 17 April, 1996, lot 136.
His assassination (June 28, 1914) by Serbians in a political plot at Sarajevo, Bosnia, was the immediate cause of World War I.
Provenance: The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1970, lot 86). Marans Collection, Chrisrtie's 17 April, 1996, lot 136.