6.4" x 4.7" glass plate negative showing a full length portrait of Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse. She is standing, facing forward with her head turned fully to right profile view. She is wearing a dark silk gown with a white patterned embroidery and ruffles at the bottom of the skirt. There is a lace collar and cuffs. Her right hand rests on a pile of books stacked on a table at the left of the image, her left arm is at her side. She stands beside the table with the books which also holds a basket of fauna, in front of a painted background. Corresponding gelatin silver print of negative: RCIN 2507596.