3-082-494 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Emperor of Austria's famous shooting quarters: Chamois Lodge, in the Salzburg Alps, 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...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...Salzburg, as depicted in our Illustration, is a favourite resort with the Emperor when hunting the nimble chamois, and here for weeks he will occupy a modest shooting-lodge, chatting affably to the peasants, and taking what sport comes in his way with quiet good-nature. It was at Salzburg that the Convention of Gastein, transferring the government of Schleswig to Prussia, was confirmed by the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia. The district abounds in mountain forests and little villages, where the Emperor's appearance excites slight attention'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.