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Description
4" (10 cm.) x 2 1/2" Each image is an engraving of an important historical figure,identified in
pencil script; included are rare images of Empress Eugenie and Napoleon III with their young
son,Eugene Louis with faded vignettes views of ancestral French emperors and empresses in the
background. Other images include Charlotte Corday,Marie D'Anjou,Charles X,. Marie
Amelie,Comtess D'Artois,Comtesse Du Barry,and 48 others of societal or historical prominence.
Each image,mounted on heavy card stock,bears the studio image on reverse,mostly
Desmaisons,4 Rue des Grands Augustins,Paris. Excellent condition. A rare historical find.
French,circa 1865.