[Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian] – Vintage Print
![[Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian], [between 1864 and 1880] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f1/f180322e22ee-L.webp)
(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 rare historic photograph captures [Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Eagle lifting veil from cameo of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian]
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An eagle lifts a veil from a cameo portrait of Empress Carlota and Emperor Maximilian in this carte de visite, a staged allegory rather than a straightforward likeness. The eagle recalls the national emblem of Mexico, and the image casts the Habsburg couple as the country's new rulers. Maximilian, an Austrian archduke, accepted the Mexican crown in 1864 with support from Napoleon III's French intervention, and Carlota, a Belgian princess, served as his empress. The print comes from a Mexico-linked studio, A. Peraire, and it was collected in an album of portraits from Maximilian's reign, which ended with his execution in 1867.
| Created / published | [between 1864 and 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount : albumen. |
| Genre | Cartes de visite 1860-1870.Portrait photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. In album: Portraits of rulers, politicians ... relating to the reign of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, p. 5, upper right. On recto: A. Peraire foto. On verso: Ay... Peraire foto ... Mexico. |
| Subjects | Carlota,--Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico,--1840-1927. Maximilian,--Emperor of Mexico,--1832-1867. Eagles--Mexico--1860-1870. Veils--Mexico--1860-1870. Mexico--History--European intervention, 1861-1867. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,279 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-207126 |
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