Carte-de-visite head and shoulders photograph of Prince Maximilian of Bavaria, in a vignette format. The subject is shown in three quarter view, facing towards the right of the image. He is wearing the military uniform of a General adorned with five medals on his left breast, gilt buttons and prominent epaulettes. He has curly, fair hair and a moustache.

Maximilian was the tenth and youngest child of Duke Maximilian Joseph and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria. He was a Lieutenant General in the Bavarian army. In 1875 he married Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the couple had three sons.