Napoleon III

Napoleon III

Photograph

Mayer Frères & Pierson

Maker
French, active 1858–1864

Napoleon III

ca. 1860
Albumen silver print
Image: 12 13/16 × 9 9/16 in. (32.5 × 24.3 cm)
Mount: 22 7/16 × 17 5/8 in. (57 × 44.8 cm)
Matted: 26 × 20 × 1/8 in. (66 × 50.8 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1981.1638.0001
Inscriptions Blind embossing, mount recto, BC: [Imperial crest] \ MAYER Fres & PIERSON \ PHOTOGRAPHES \ DE S.M. L'EMPEREUR \ ET DE S.M. LE ROI DE WURTENBERG
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on verso, TL: ↑ \ Conegliano (duc de)
Inscribed in pencil (museum hand), verso, C: Portrait de Napoléon III \ par Mayer et Pierson. \ Donné par l'Empereur au duc de Conég;ant (*) \ vers 1860. \ (*) d'après inscription au dos de l'épreuve. \ (Moncey, duc de Conégliant) \ Transcribed from back of frame from Cromer's hand. 7/70. RAS.[initials]
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