View of the main façade of the Kurhaus (cure house) in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. The Neo-Classical building has a central portico with tall columns supporting a tympanum and two symmetrical wings with colonnades on either side of it. Several parked horse-drawn carriages are visible in middle distance to the left. Three men are standing under a tree on the right. The Kurhaus is the main spa house in Wiesbadenbuilding and the building visible in the photograph is the original one erected on the site in 1810. The number of spa visitors grew enormously during the 19th century and in the early 1900s the original Kurhaus building was demolished and replaced with a new one, still standing today. The new Kurhaus was opened in 1907 by Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), who was himself a regular visitor of the spa house. The town of Wiesbaden was well known across Europe for its thermal springs and spas. Alexandra, Princess of Wales, who suffered rheumatic fever following the birth of her third child, Princess Louise, in 1867, visited Wiesbaden in the summer of that year for treatments. She was later joined by the Prince of Wales and it is very likely that this photographed was acquired there at the time.