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1. 10663.a.36, 1(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
10663.a.36, 1(13)
Title:
Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon III. Photographer: Disdéri, André Adolphe Eugène
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Napoleon III (1808-1873), President of the Second French Republic and Emperor of France.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860-1862
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 70643 B(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70643 B(1)
Title:
[Postcard portrait of the Russian royal family.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1900
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 71934(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 71934(58)
Title:
Carte-de-visite portrait of Ferdinand Joseph Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico. Photographer: Silvy, Camille
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing carte-de-visite portrait of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (1832-1867).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 797(37)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 797(37)
Title:
The Ex-King of Delhi [Bahadur Shah II]. Photographer: Tytler and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Three-quarter length portrait of Bahadur Shah II (1775-1862), Emperor of Delhi 1837-57. He is shown lying on a charpoy with a hookah in front of him. The photograph was taken in May 1858, while the ex-king was being held in Delhi awaiting his trial by the British for his part in the rebellion. I...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1224/5(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/5(1)
Title:
Mikado [of Japan]. Photographer: Uchida Kuichi
Scope & Content:
Numbered 669 in the negative. Full-length seated portrait of Emperor Meiji, in western military dress. An uncoloured variant of this portrait appears in Anne Wilkes Tucker (et al), The History of Japanese Photography'(Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2003), p. 54.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Talbot Photo 18(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Talbot Photo 18(12)
Title:
[An Engraving depicting] Bonaparte's Son, the ci devant King of Rome.
Scope & Content:
Engraving of a three quarter length portrait of the infant ruler wearing a sash and holding a sceptre and orb. The letter 'N' encircled in a laurel wreath is printed above the oval shaped portrait with a coat of arms beneath and the title 'Bonaparte's Son, the ci devant King of Rome'.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
After 1811
Extent:
1 item