Portrait of Napoléon III by Disdéri
N.p.n.d, c. 1868, cdv format
Famous and elegant full-length portrait of Emperor Napoleon III
Portrait of Emperor Napoléon III by [Levitsky] LeJeune, period albumen print
[Paris, c. 1865], CDV format
Famous portrait of the emperor, in bust
Photomontage on period albumen vintage print
N.p.n.d, cabinet format (10 x 13,5 cm)
Famous photomontage depicting the Imperial Prince weeping over the death of his father, Napoleon III
Nineteen period albumen prints
The Imperial Family and its entourage, CDV format
Exceptional gathering of nineteen vintage albumen prints offering a wide panorama of the imperial family, its relatives and supporters
Autograph dispatch signed « Napoléon » to Charles Duperré
[Wilhlmeshoehe castle, 6-8 September 1870], 1/2 p. in-8°
« Where is the Empress »
Autograph letter signed « Henri » to his legitimist inner circle
Frohsdorf [Austria], 30 Jan. 1852, 5 pp. in-4°
« I hold on to the gentle yet steadfast hope that a day will come… when I shall at last see our beloved homeland again »
Autograph letter signed « A. Barbès » a republican writer in exile
The Hague, 6th February [18]69, 3 p. in-8° on blue laid paper
« It is abominable that France should have found herself in the direction of a tyranny capable of imprinting such a stain on its history! »
Autograph letter to Delphine de Girardin
Marine Terrace [Jersey] 2nd May [1854], 4 pages small in-8
“I will not put myself behind a mask the day I put myself behind a barricade”
Autograph letter signed “Victor H” [to Joséphine Trébuchet]
Brussels, 19th December [1851], 1 page in-8°
“I fought for the right, for the truth, for the righteous, for the people, for France”
Draft of an autograph poem
N.p.n.d [Guernesey, 1859], 1 p. in-8° (140 x 145 cm)
« Never mind O traitor! at point-blank range my book shoots you! »
Autograph letter signed “Lamartine” to a colleague
N;p, 22nd January 1851, 4 pages in-8 on blue laid paper
“The education of freedom cannot be done under despotism”
Autograph letter signed “Lamartine” to a colleague
43 rue Ville-Evêque, Paris, 30 January 1856, 4 p. in-8
“You would be the Plato of politics. But current times require Machiavelli”
Lettre autographe signée « Eugénie » à Charles Duperré
[Palais des] Tuileries, 30 mars [1866] , 4 pp. in-4°
« The little Prince has been very sick, he is still in bed; this poor child showed angelic patience »
Autograph letter signed « Eugénie » to Hortense Cornu
[Camden Place, Chislehurst] 13th January [1875], 8 pp. in-8°, mourning paper
« What a singular destiny which makes it so that the most French hearts, the Napoleons, must all to this day be laid in a foreign coffin »
Autograph letter signed « Eugénie » to an unknown recipient
[Camden Place, Chislehurst], 4 February [18]73, 1 p. 1/2 in-8°
« Sensitive to your sympathy and the regrets you express to me for the one we mourn »
Autograph letter signed « Eugénie » to Marie-Thérèse Bartholoni
Prince’s gate SW [London], 26 November [1881], 5 p. in-8 on mourning paper
« The widow of Napoleon III remains and will remain close to those who died in exile »
Autograph letter signed « Eugénie » to Elisabeth de la Croix de Castries
Abergeldie Castle, 20th October 1893, 2 p. 1/2 in-8 on mourning paper
« I can only sympathize with a pain that I myself have experienced »
Autograph letter signed « Eugénie » on mourning paper to Jane Thorne
Chislehurst, [9 February 1873], 4 p. in-8, envelope included
“I can no longer look back, I dare not look forward, my horizon is lost in this painful present”
Autograph letter signed « Napoléon » to Édouard Vandal
[Castle of] Wilhelmshöhe, 18 Dec[ember] 1870, 1 p. 1/2 in-8°
« I am happy in these times of defamation and ingratitude, to be able to count on devotions like yours »
Autograph letter signed « N » to Empress Eugénie
[Camden Place, Chislehurst], 2nd August [1872], 1 p. 1/2 in-8°
« Your absence leaves a great void and although we live under the same roof we see little of each other, it is always very sweet to feel close to those we love »
Autograph letter signed « Louis-Napoléon » [to Marie Trotter]
Camden Place, Chislehurst (Kent), the 25th of March, 1871, 1 p. in-8°
« Thanks be to God, the Emperor is now with us… deeply moved, as we all were, by the sympathetic reception he had received from the English nation. »
Autograph letter signed « Louis-Napoléon » [to Mathilde de Saulcy]
Camden Place, Chislehurst (Kent), 18 August 1871, 4 p. in-12°
« We have already been told that Parisians were more favorably disposed toward the Emperor »
Autograph letter signed « Louis Napoléon » to his friend Pierre de Bourgoing
Camden place, 23rd October 1870, 2 p. in-8° on bifolio
« England will never be worth France ! »
Autograph letter signed « Louis-Napoléon » to Charles de Morny
Paris, 10th March 1865, 2 pp. in-8°
« In the future I will show you as much friendship as the Emperor showed to your father »
Original photograph by The London Stereosctopic & Photographic Company
Period print, n.p, 16 mars 1874, name card format
Rare portrait of the Imperial Prince with autograph dedication
Autograph letter to Eugène Delacroix
Nohant, 25 Xbre [December] [18]52, 4 pp. in-8°
« What a time of bitterness and melancholy for the poor artists seeking ideals on this earth ! »
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