End of second empire posters & prints

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

Meeting between Emperor Napoleon III and Kaiser Wilhelm I at Bellevue Castle near Sedan on 2nd September 1870 German School

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

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

Illustration of Vassar College Anonymous

The Garden of the Tuileries during the Second Empire French School

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

Old Executive Office Building Anonymous

Workshop of jewellery during the Second Empire Michel Charles Fichot

Mackie Building Anonymous

Palace of the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867 French School

La Courtille, popular dance French School

Terrace Hill Anonymous

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

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

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

eries 'Actualites', the comet, Parisiens incredule Honore Daumier

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

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

Coal Miners of Le Creusot during the Second Empire Jules Ferat

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

The Emperor Maximilian Anonymous

Captain Edward Penniman House Anonymous

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

Neighbourly Visit Francois Claudius Compte-Calix

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

Parisian advertisement for fashionable masculine clothing, 1865 French School

Napoleon III, Emperor of France, 19th century Anonymous

Withdrawal of the Second Corps of the Army of the Rhine by Ars-Laquenexy, on the Road to Metz Anonymous

Jacob II Fugger Count of the Empire French School

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

Tent and Big Glasshouse in the Garden of the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867 French School

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

Empress Eugenie, 1854 Franz Xaver Winterhalter

eries 'La Comete de 1857', The German astronomer releasing a famous duc Honore Daumier