NAPOLEON III

[NAPOLÉON III] DISDÉRI, Eugène (1819-1889)

Portrait of Napoléon III by Disdéri
N.p.n.d, c. 1868, cdv format

Famous and elegant full-length portrait of Emperor Napoleon III

[NAPOLEON III] FLAMANT, Louis Emmanuel

Photomontage on period albumen vintage print
N.p.n.d, cabinet format (10 x 13,5 cm)

Famous photomontage depicting the death of Napoleon III, surrounded by his family and loved ones

[NAPOLÉON III] Levitsky – LeJeune

Portrait of Emperor Napoléon III by [Levitsky] LeJeune, period albumen print
[Paris, c. 1865], CDV format

Famous portrait of the emperor, in bust

[SECOND EMPIRE] The imperial family and its private circle

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

[SEDAN] NAPOLÉON III (1808-1873)

Autograph dispatch signed « Napoléon » to Charles Duperré
[Wilhlmeshoehe castle, 6-8 September 1870], 1/2 p. in-8°

« Where is the Empress »

HUGO, Victor (1802-1885)

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”

HUGO, Victor (1802-1885)

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”

HUGO, Victor (1802-1885)

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! »

LAMARTINE (de), Alphonse (1790-1869)

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”

LAMARTINE (de), Alphonse (1790-1869)

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”

MONTIJO (de), Impératrice Eugénie (1826-1920)

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 »

MONTIJO (de), impératrice Eugénie (1826-1920)

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 »

MONTIJO (de), Impératrice Eugénie (1826-1920)

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 »

MONTIJO, impératrice Eugénie de (1826-1920)

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 »

MONTIJO, Impératrice Eugénie de (1826-1920)

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”

NAPOLÉON III (1808-1873)

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 »

PRINCE IMPÉRIAL, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1856-1879)

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. »

PRINCE IMPÉRIAL, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1856-1879)

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 »

PRINCE IMPÉRIAL, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1856-1879)

Original photograph by The London Stereosctopic & Photographic Company
Period print, n.p, 16 mars 1874, name card format

SAND, George (1804-1876)

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 ! »