3-082-493 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

His Imperial Majesty Francis Joseph, Emperor of Austria, 1895. 'Recently we gave in these pages a portrait of the German Emperor in hunting costume, and mentioned the enthusiasm with which sport is regarded by most of the male members of European royal families. It is with pleasure that we are able to present a very excellent photograph of the Austrian Emperor engaged in his favourite recreation - chamois-hunting. Francis Joseph I., Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, has always been fond of outdoor sports, and his hardy frame can still, at the age of sixty-four, endure a long day's hunting which would tire much younger men...The Emperor is tall and handsome, his eyes being particularly lustrous and striking...once State affairs can be temporarily laid aside, how gladly does the Emperor hie him to the country, and pursue the unrestrained life of a sportsman! He loves nature, and to him the "impulse of a vernal wood" is far more delightful than a State ceremonial in Vienna or the excitement of a political crisis'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.