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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Prince Napoleon Bonaparte (1822-1891)
1855Salted paper print | 29.9 x 23.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2500547
Photograph of Prince Napoleon standing looking slightly right. He is wearing military uniform and insignia and has a sword by his side. He is standing on a floral carpet and there is a curtain draped behind him to the right.
Prince Napoleon was the son of Jerome I, King of Westphalia, and a cousin of Napoleon III. He commanded a division of the French army during the Crimean War and later held the position of Governor of Algeria.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte (1822-91)29.9 x 23.0 cm (image)
57.3 x 44.6 cm (page dimensions)
His Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- Genealogy and Heraldry
- Heraldry
- Insignia (heraldic)
- Heraldry
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
