3-083-003 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Duc d'Aosta's Marriage with Princess Hélène of Orleans: the Comtesse de Paris in shooting costume, 1895. 'Photo taken in the Grounds at the Chateau d'Eu. The Comtesse de Paris is a woman of marked personality. Throughout her husband's chequered career she has shared his sorrows and faced his difficulties with a fearlessness and strength of purpose which are the heritage of a daughter of kings. From her Princess Hélène inherits her activity and keen love of sport, as well as much of her graciousness, wit, and vivacity of temperament. To her mother the Princess also owes, to a large extent, the fuller developments of her artistic tastes and studies and the advantages of her religious training'. The Comtesse is pictured with the body of a wild boar. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.