This photograph was one of two made by Williams to mark the occasion of Victoria, Princess Royal's marriage to Prince Frederick William of Prussia on 25 January 1858. The first was the usual portrait of bride and parents, of which Queen Victoria commented, 'I trembled so, that it has come out indistinct.' The other was this study of the wedding dress and veil. The dress was described as being of 'white moire antique, trimmed with three flounces of Honiton lace and wreaths, and sprays of orange flowers and myrtle, with veil and wreath to match'. Of the wedding itself, there are no photographs as it was impossible to make adequate exposures in the dimly lit confines of the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace.