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755 - HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE SECOND EMPIRE: “MINISTRY OF 2…
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HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE SECOND EMPIRE: “MINISTRY OF 2 JANUARY 1870 ( * ) WHICH DECLARED WAR ON PRUSSIA " – Albumen bromide mounted on card, visiting card size 6.2 x 10.2 cm, photographic montage signed by E. APPERT, painter and photographer to Her Majesty the Queen of Spain and His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Constantine, Expert, Paris, 24 Rue Taibout. Group portrait of the ministers of the Ollivier government, with Napoleon III seated in the centre. At the bottom, in the margin, a caption listing the figures posing: Ségris, Mège, Rigault de Genouilly, Leboeuf, Vaillant de Gramont, Chevaudier de Valdrome, Napoleon III, Louvet, E. Ollivier, Pliehon, de Pamieu, Mce Richard. ( * ) The Émile Ollivier government, known as the ‘2 January Ministry’: the penultimate government of the Second Empire. It lasted from 2 January to 10 August 1870, with the outbreak of war (19 July 1870) marking its end. It was then replaced by the Ministry of War, led by General Cousin-Montauban, Count of Palikao.
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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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