Carte-de-visite three quarter length photograph of Princess Sophie, Duchess of Bavaria. The subject is shown standing and in profile, facing towards the right of the image. Her hair is arranged in a chignon at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a pale coloured gown with a tiered skirt, trimmed with lace and ribbons. She is holding her hands crossed in front of her.

Sophie was the eighth and youngest child of John of Saxony and his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria. In 1865 Sophie married Duke Karl-Theodor of Bavaria and the couple had one child.