[NAPOLÉON (Prince, 1822-1891, from 1879 Head of the Imperial House of Bonaparte)]

Unsigned Carte-de-visite Portrait Photograph, by J. Gurney & Son, of 707 Broadway, New York, showing him full length, almost full face, in a frock coat, his left arm resting on top of a chair, 4" x 2½", no place, no date, circa

Prince Napoléon, known as 'Plon-plon', was the son of Napoléon I's brother Jérôme, King of Westphalia, and so cousin to Napoléon III and brother of Princesse Mathilde. He was a general in the Crimea, was in charge of the 1855 exhibition, and at court led the Liberal opposition to the Empress Eugénie. In 1859 he married a daughter of Victor Emmanuel II, and led the French forces into Tuscany, where the French had planned to make him ruler. However, with his liberal sympathies, he refused to exert pressure on the inhabitants, who preferred to join the Italian kingdom.

Item Date:  1865

Stock No:  54429      £100

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