Carte-de-visite three quarter length photograph of Elisabeth, Queen of Romania (1843-1916) and her daughter Princess Maria (1870-1874). The subjects are shown standing in three quarter view, facing towards the right of the image. Elisabeth looks towards the right, whilst Maria turns to face the viewer. On the right of the scene it is possible to see part of the back of a wooden chair. Elisabeth carries Maria on her back. Elisabeth is wearing a white, close-fitting hat on the back of her head and a pale coloured gown with a high neck. Maria is wearing a pale coloured dress with short sleeves, ankle socks and shoes decorated with bows.

Elisabeth was the daughter of Prince Hermann of Wied and his wife Princess Marie of Nassau. In 1869 she married Prince Karl of Romania and the couple had an only daughter, Maria, who tragically died in 1874 at the age of three.