- Photograph by
- Burgess, Andrew, American, 1837 - 1908
- Printed by
- Bailey, French
- Subject of
- Emperor Maximilian I, Austrian, 1832 - 1867
- Owned by
- Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
- Date
- 1864; printed later
- Medium
- albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image): 3 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (8.9 × 5.3 cm)
- H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm)
- Description
- 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."
- 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 depicted
- Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Place printed
- France, Europe
- Place depicted
- Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Emily Howland Photograph Album
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- cartes-de-visite
- albumen prints
- portraits
- Topic
- Colonialism
- French colonialism
- International affairs
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2017.30.29
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.