Illustration titled 'Love's Course Among the Crowned Heads' by Samuel D. Ehrhart (1832-1867). The Illustration depicts Alfonso XIII, (1886-1941) the young King of Spain, holding onto the robe of Pope Leo XIII, with his mother, Maria Cristina, standing next to him on the viewing stand as young women are presented to him as potential brides. Dated 20th Century

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