Carte-de-visite head and shoulders photograph of Prince Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau, in a vignette format. The subject is shown in three quarter view, facing towards the left of the image. His dark hair is short and wavy and he is clean-shaven. He is wearing a white shirt with a turn down collar, a black silk bow tie and a dark coloured frock coat.

Friedrich was the second son of Hereditary Prince Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau-Köthen and his wife Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg. In 1886 Frederick became heir apparent and Hereditary Prince following the death of his elder brother Prince Leopold. In 1889 Friedrich married Princess Marie of Baden. The couple had no children.