Posted to dinastias.forogratis.es/los-battenberg-t648-12.html by Minnie on 8 November 2008. This replaces the image “Marie Erbach Schonberg” posted here on 25 August 2010.
This is a textbook example of first bustle era dress. Marie's dress is full to the sides and has several flounces under the bustle-overskirt.
Keywords: Princess Marie Caroline of Battenberg, Prinzessin Marie Karoline von Battenberg, Princess Gustav of Erbach-Schönberg, Battenberg-Mountbatten family, Erbach-Schönberg family, Countess, Princess, German, straight coiffure, bangs, earrings, necklace, high neckline, long close sleeves, ruffled cuffs, bustle, over-skirt, under-skirt, flounces, ruching