A meeting between Napoléon III and Abd-el-Kader, an Algerian military figure best known for leading the resistance against French colonial invasion. He was detained in …
In an effort to symbolically commemorate his Grande Armée, Napoléon Bonaparte ordered the construction of the Arc de Triomphe in the eighth arrondissement. Although construction …
Photographic prints (albumen) mounted on heavy card stock; the first is a composite portrait of figures associated with the Commune (?), not referred to in …
The Arcade Saint-Jean is seen here from the opposite end of a very narrow street typical of early nineteenth-century Paris. With the construction of so …
Portuguese section in the Palais du Champ-de-Mars, during the Paris 1878 World Fair. The outside façade of the Portuguese exhibit was modelled after the Jerónimos …
Portuguese section in the Palais du Champ-de-Mars, during the Paris 1878 World Fair. The outside façade of the Portuguese exhibit was modelled after the Batalha …