LOUIS PHILIPPE I (D'Orleans, 1773-1850, King of the French from 1830-1848, the July Monarchy) and his wife MARIA AMALIA (of Naples and Sicily, 1872-1866)

Unsigned carte de visite photo by Ashford brothers showing them in the centre of a montage of oval images, surrounded by the rest of the Ex-Royal Family of France, 4¼" x 2½", no place, no date, circa

Ashford Brothers of Newgate Street, London published carte-de-visite portraits of famous celebrities of the day that had been taken by other professional photographers. They became well-known for their "composite cartes", carte-de-visite photographs featuring anything from a dozen to a thousand small portraits on a single small card.

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Stock No:  40499      £75

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