Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78), standing, facing a quarter to the right. She turns her head towards the left and looks ahead, away from the camera. She holds a fan in her right hand. She poses beside a high table on which sits a mirror and a pile of books. Princess Alice places her left elbow on the book and her left hand to her face. Her face is reflected in the mirror behind her.