Carte-de-visite portrait of Emperor Maximilian
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Carte-de-visite portrait of Emperor Maximilian

Andrew Burgess, American, 1837 - 1908 · 1864; printed later

albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

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."

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