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Unknown [Napolean I, carte de visite]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.24.18 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph signed Date: 15 March 1868 Pagination: 11.2 x 7.2 cm. Order a Copy

White mount. Pencil inscription on verso: "March 15, 1868." Vignette bust portrait of Napoleon. Photo from engraving.

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