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633 - THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF NAPOLEON – BONAPARTE – The two empero…
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THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF NAPOLEON – BONAPARTE – The two emperors: PHOTOGRAPHS circa 1860 / 1900 – forty-seven (47) portraits, photographs on paper mounted on card in visiting-card format (approximately 10.5 x 6.3 cm) – A LARGE FAMILY AT VARIOUS AGES: the death of Emperor Napoleon III – various different portraits of Napoleon III, busts, full-length portraits, etc. – the imperial family as a whole - Eugénie de Montijo, wife of the Emperor - the Emperor, his wife and their son - the Empress and her son - various portraits of the young imperial prince Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte, born on 16 March 1856: in uniform, with a toy, on a rocking horse, etc., at various ages – Duke Charles de Morny, the Emperor’s half-brother – Duchess of Morny – Duchess of Alba, sister of the Empress – Duke of Alba – Princess Clotilde of Savoy - Prince Napoleon and Grande Clotilde – Prince Jérôme, the Emperor’s nephew – Princess Mathilde – Walensky, the illegitimate son of Napoleon I and Marie Walesa – Count Walensky – Countess Walenska - Duchess of Hamilton, cousin and mistress of Napoleon III - Princess Anna Murat - Duke of Persigny - Madame de Persigny - Prince Louis - Imperial family of Napoleon III - Prince Roland Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien Bonaparte, President of the Council of Five Hundred; his membership card no. 7583, bearing his photograph, dated 30 March 1900, from the Class 14 Committee, issued by the ‘Finance Directorate, Admissions Department’. GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS: DISDERI – Émile TOURTIN – LEVITSKY – MAYER & PIERSON – DESMAISONS – FRANCK – NADAR – DANDOY Brothers – Pierre PETIT – GOUPIL & Co - THIEBAULT – W & D DOWNEY, Newcastle upon Tyne – LEJEUNE, successor to Levitsky – Countess de VERNAY of Paris, photographer to Their Majesties in Madrid – PESME – E. FLAMANT, former photographer to Count Aguado.
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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