Pierre-Louis Pierson - Léopold-Ernest Mayer - Olympe Aguado - Lot 99

Pierre-Louis Pierson - Léopold-Ernest Mayer - Olympe Aguado - Eugène Disdéri - Bisson Frères - Adolphe Braun - Studio Appert - Studio Levitsky - Léon Crémière Album dedicated to the imperial family, created by Maurice Levert, c. 1855-1880. Genealogical tree of the emperor's family with rank at court. Louis-Napoléon, President of the Republic. Napoleon III. The emperor on his deathbed. Empress Eugénie. The Empress and Captain d'Aubigny. The imperial prince. The prince on horseback. The Prince in Vénérie uniform. The Prince at the Châlons camp. Prince Joachim Murat. Jules Espinasse. Louis Conneau. Maurice and Adrien Fleury. Scipion Corvisart. Gaston Corvisart. Louis-Lucien Bonaparte. Pierre-Napoléon Bonaparte. Adeline Wyse. Princess Antoine Bonaparte. Marie-Alexandrine Bonaparte. Laetitia Bonaparte. Count Primoli. Julie Bonaparte. Augusta Bonaparte. Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia. Prince Napoleon. Princess Clotilde. Princess Mathilde. Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Duchess of Alba. Countess of Montijo. Duke of Huescar. Camden Place, Chislehurst. Arenenberg Castle. Death of the Emperor. Project for a stained-glass window in the chapel where the Emperor's remains are laid to rest. Funeral of the imperial prince. Album in-folio, bound in half morocco, titled on the spine "Famille impériale" on a label and composed of approximately 350 albumen prints, mostly in carte de visite and carte cabinet formats, mounted on photographers' boards. Numerous handwritten annotations and dates on the mounts. Accompanying documents: letterhead from the Ministry of War detailing the Prince Imperial's first incorporations; announcement of the Emperor's death; speech given by the Prince Imperial on the day of his majority; propaganda documents following the Prince Imperial's plebiscite; announcement of the Prince Imperial's death; prayers in memory of the Prince. Some signatures of the Prince Imperial on the mounts of his portraits. Ex-libris of Maurice Levert pasted at the beginning of the volume. Proof sizes: from 4 x 6 to 27 x 21 cm Provenance : Former Maurice Levert collection.