Carte-de-visite head and shoulders photograph of Archduke Rainer of Austria, in a vignette format. He is shown from a frontal viewpoint and turns his head towards the right of the image. The subject has receding hair and a prominent moustache and beard. He is wearing Field Marshal's uniform of the Austrian Army, adorned with an insignia on his chest.

Archduke Rainer was the son of Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria and Princess Elisabeth of Savoy. In 1852, he married his cousin Archduchess Maria Caroline of Austria, daughter of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen.  The marriage remained childless. Archduke Rainer was a General in the Imperial Army, and very interested in art and science.