Carte-de-visite portrait of Augusta, Queen of Prussia and Empress of Germany, taken from a painting of the same subject. The sitter is shown in three quarter view, her body facing towards the right of the image. She turns her face towards the viewer. She is seated in an upholstered chair. Her hair is elaborately curled and decorated with a string of pearls. She is wearing a pale coloured gown trimmed with lace and decorated with an oval brooch bearing the insignia of the cross.