Caption:
María de las Mercedes of Orleans (1860-1878). Queen consort of Spain by her marriage to King Alfonso XII. She died shortly after her wedding as a result of typhoid fever. Last moments of the queen Doña María de las Mercedes. Act of administering the sacrament of the extreme unction to the queen in the early morning of June 24, 1878. Illustration by Alejandro Ferrant. Engraving by Arturo Carretero. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878.