Carte-de-visite head and shoulders portrait of Princess Maria of Saxe Meiningen in a vignette format. The subject is shown in three quarter view, facing towards the right of the image. She is wearing a pale coloured dress with a buttoned bodice, trimmed with lace. Her hair is worn down and she has a pendant on a black choker round her neck.

She was notable as a musician and composer. She never married, and is buried in the cemetery park in Meiningen.