Carte-de-visite portrait of Emperor Maximilian
date: label: Date
content: 1864; printed later
name: label: Photograph by
content: Andrew Burgess, American, 1837 - 1908
label: Printed by
content: Bailey, French
label: Subject of
content: Emperor Maximilian I, Austrian, 1832 - 1867
label: Owned by
content: Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929
notes: label: Description
content: 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."
label: Description
content: The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Maximilian".
place: label: Place depicted
content: Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: France, Europe
label: Place depicted
content: Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Colonialism
label: Topic
content: French colonialism
label: Topic
content: International affairs
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Emily Howland Photograph Album
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.30.29
objectType: label: Type
content: cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: albumen prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 3 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (8.9 × 5.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm)