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 …
The men depicted in this plate wear relatively tight, dark-colored trousers, as was fashionable in the Romantic Period. Their coats are high waisted. According to …
This print depicts the main room of the building that housed the fabrication of stamps during the Second Empire. The Illustration dedicates a full article …
Side view of the Trocadéro Palace, from the exterior gallery. The Trocadéro had been designed specifically for the 1878 fair by the architects Davioud and …
Catalyzed by the decreasing popularity of Charles X and the continual economic hardships of the working class, the July Revolution of 1830 ended the Bourbon …
The severity of the demolition depicted here between the rues de l'Échelle and Saint Augustin was not unusual for the Second Empire. The renovation and …
Construction of the Bourse des valeurs began in 1808, immediately following the demolition of the architecturally-damaged Couvent des Filles Saint-Thomas. Inauguration of the Bourse took …
Construction of the Bourse des valeurs began in 1808, immediately following the demolition of the architecturally-damaged Couvent des Filles Saint-Thomas. Inauguration of the Bourse took …