Napoléon III: Kaiser der Franzosen / Lithography, 1852.

Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper 423 x 332 mm; On reverse: black ink stamp “4956”, ms “A”, ms pencil “428” and “Ernest”. Under the image, centre: “NAPOLEON III | Kaiser der Franzosen.” Velow: | NAPOLEON III | Czaar of the French — NAPOLEON III | Czaar van Frankrijk — NAPOLÉON III | Empereur des Francais. — NAPOLEONE III | El emperador delos Franceses; bottom left: “Verlag u. Eigenthum | von. Fried. G. Schulz in Stuttgart.”, right: “N^o 146.”

The artist’s and printer’s names in stone are not legible. Published in Stuttgart by Friederich Gustav Schulz (German, 1786 – 1859) during the time of the Second French Empire (1852-1870).