Carte-de-visite portrait of Emperor Maximilian
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Genre
- Cartes-de-visite
Styles
Tags
photographyInternational affairsFrench colonialismColonies
About
Carte-de-visite of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico shown in three quarter portrait. He is standing and facing the camera with his right hand resting on the back of a side chair and his left hand hanging at his side near his sword. He has a full beard and mustache and is wearing a military dress uniform with several pins on his left breast and wide fringed epaulettes. Printed below the image is the text, "Photographie, Bailey, Paris. / MAXIMILIAN."