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[Napoleon III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] – Historic Photograph Print

[Napoleon III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1850 and 1873] — historic photograph
[Napoleon III, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front], [between 1850 and 1873]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This small carte de visite shows Napoleon III facing front, bearing the mark of H. Tournier of Rue de Seine in Paris, and it was later filed in an album of portraits tied to Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. Napoleon III ruled France from 1852 to 1870, and his support for the French intervention in Mexico from 1861 to 1867 put Maximilian on a throne that collapsed when French troops withdrew and Maximilian was executed in 1867. Cartes de visite like this one, albumen prints on card mounts, were cheap and widely traded, so a ruler's face could circulate as political messaging.

Created / published[between 1850 and 1873]
Medium1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen.
GenreCartes de visite 1850-1880.Portrait photographs 1850-1880.Albumen prints 1850-1880.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 10, lower left. On verso: H. Tournier, 57, Rue de Seine, 57, Paris; Déposé.
SubjectsNapoleon--III,--Emperor of the French,--1808-1873--Military service. Mexico--History--European intervention, 1861-1867.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,268 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207116

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