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NORTH / MACON / POLITICS - ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE ( * ) - TWO…
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726
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NORTH / MACON / POLITICS - ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE ( * ) - TWO…
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Estimate €200
Voluntary lot
Description
NORTH / MACON / POLITICS - ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE ( * ) - TWO PHOTOGRAPHS, circa 1850 / 1860, one signed PESME in Paris – albumen bromide mounted on card, visiting card size 10 x 6.2 cm - Seated portrait, three-quarter close-up; the other signed by Alexandre MARTIN “photographie des sciences & arts”, seated facing the camera, 10.6 x 6.2 cm.
( * ) Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine: born on 21 October 1790 in Mâcon, died in Paris on 28 February 1869 – a leading figure of Romanticism. He proclaimed the Second Republic following the revolution of 1848. Poet, novelist, historian and politician.
From 1833 to 1837, Member of Parliament for the Nord constituency, re-elected in 1842 and 1846 – Member of Parliament for Saône-et-Loire from 1837 to 1848 - Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1848 - President of the Saône-et-Loire General Council from 1836 to 1851 - Member of the Académie Française from 1829 to 1869.
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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
Auction location
Auction time
10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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