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[Emperor Maximilian on horseback] – Vintage Print

[Emperor Maximilian on horseback], [between 1857 and 1867] — historic photograph
[Emperor Maximilian on horseback], [between 1857 and 1867]. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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Step back in time with [Emperor Maximilian on horseback], a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Maximilian, the Austrian archduke who became Emperor of Mexico, appears here mounted on a horse, a pose that suited a ruler who wanted to look like a soldier and a leader. The card is an albumen print on a carte de visite mount, a format that made portraits cheap enough to trade and collect in the 1850s and 1860s. This example comes from an album of images tied to his reign, a period shaped by the French military intervention in Mexico from 1861 to 1867. Maximilian was installed as emperor in 1864 and was executed in 1867 after French troops withdrew and Mexican republican forces prevailed.

Created / published[between 1857 and 1867]
Medium1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen.
GenreCartes de visite 1850-1870.Portrait photographs 1850-1870.Albumen prints 1850-1870.
NotesTitle devised by Library staff. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 5, lower right.
SubjectsMaximilian,--Emperor of Mexico,--1832-1867. Horses--1850-1870. Mexico--History--European intervention, 1861-1867.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,257 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-207127

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