Second empire posters & prints

Mackie Building Anonymous

Terrace Hill Anonymous

Une Partie de Billard au Cercle Imperial, caricature of Second Empire society, issue 33 of 'Actualites', 1870 French School

The Garden of the Tuileries during the Second Empire French School

Illustration of Vassar College Anonymous

Old Executive Office Building Anonymous

Defense de deposer des immondices le long de ce mur, caricature of Second Empire politicians Alfred Le Petit

La Courtille, popular dance French School

Workshop of jewellery during the Second Empire Michel Charles Fichot

Panorama of Le Boulevard du Temple and its several theatres, c.1860 Adolphe Martial Potemont

A fete at Saint-Cloud during the Second Empire Edouard Vaumort

The actress Mlle Rachel in the foyer of the Comedie Francaise Henri de Montaut

Palace of the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867 French School

Dressing Room of the Empress Eugenie at Saint-Cloud, 1860 Fortune de Fournier

Building of the Hotel-Dieu, Paris, c.1866 French Photographer

Construction of the Boulevard de Sebastopol, in the Second Empire. View of the demolition of the Rue de la Barillerie... Felix Thorigny

Reception at the Tuileries Palace during the Second Empire Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Ball at the Opera de Paris during the Second Empire French School

Oh heaven, my most beautiful vase.... my most valuable possession in this world Honore Daumier

Neighbourly Visit Francois Claudius Compte-Calix

Captain Edward Penniman House Anonymous

A Regatta at Asnieres during the Second Empire Antony Paul Emile Morlon

Napoleon III arrives at Sedan and surrenders 80,000 French soldiers to the Prussian army, 1st September 1870 French School

The Emperor Maximilian Anonymous

Parisian advertisement for fashionable masculine clothing, 1865 French School

Baron Georges Eugene Haussmann 1867 Adolphe Yvon

Portrait of Virginia Oldoini, Contessa di Castiglione, 1883 Giovanni Boldini

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c.1900 Detroit Publishing Co.

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, 19th century Anonymous

Emperor Napoleon III of France on his deathbed, 1873. Anonymous

Coal Miners of Le Creusot during the Second Empire Jules Ferat

Empress Eugenie, 1854 Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Collins Street, looking east, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Anonymous

The Battle of Solferino, 24th June 1859 Paul Alexandre Protais

A Salon in the Hotel of Monsieur Basile Parent, Place Vendome, Paris, 1866 Charles Giraud

Hawaiian Island Annexation Ceremony Anonymous