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said it was so like, — it was the princess herself, — the attend- 

 ants asked me if they might see it. I was obliged, however, 

 to refuse their request for fear of accident. 



I told the princess I would take a full-length portrait if she 

 wished it ; and, as they both expressed the pleasure it would 

 give them, I prepared one of my large plates, — fifteen inches 

 by twelve, — and, having fixed a sort of temporary head-rest, 

 succeeded in obtaining a very passable negative, with which, 

 when they saw it developed, they were still more delighted 

 than with the smaller picture. When it was thoroughly 

 washed, I was obliged to take it to the door to let the attend- 

 ants look at it ; the quickness and quietness with which it 

 had been done seemed so inexplicable to them, that their 

 curiosity was irreiDressible. 



I then told my visitors that if they wished it, I could take 

 both their portraits together in one picture. They expressed 

 their pleasure at the proposal, and I prepared accordingly. 

 On this occasion the prince wore a uniform, blue faced with, 

 red, and ornamented with gold. He wore also a star, and 

 the national belt of scarlet, yellow, and green. When the 

 prince came out of the house where he had retired with the 

 princess, I noticed that, instead of holding his hat in his 

 hand, he had taken up a book which was lying on my table, 

 and I was pleased with the intimation which this conveyed, 

 and which was well understood. AMien I told them to stand 

 in the position they would most prefer, the prince took the 

 arm of the princess within his own, saying that was the 

 manner in which they walked together. When I had ad- 

 justed the camera, exposed the plate, and we proceeded to 

 the dark room, their previous wonder seemed far surpassed, 

 as they looked and saw themselves gradually developing 

 side by side, with all the accessories and details. The dis- 

 tinctness of the tones in the princess's necklace, and the 

 bouquet in her hand, with the strong relief of the star in the 



