Mexico Maximilian era cartes-de-visite collection [picture]. [1863-1867]

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Mexico Maximilian era cartes-de-visite collection [picture]. [1863-1867]

Albumen carte de visite photographs depicting Maximilian, Carlota, their court, and military personnel during the European intervention in Mexico, 1863-1867. Photos include portraits of the rulers, army officers and soldiers, and portraits of court members. Photos related to the execution of Maxmilian include photos of his body, the site of execution, and montages of the event. Other photomontages show the imperial couple and leading persons of their court and of the republican leaders who followed their reign. There are also portraints of "tipos populares," (street vendors), including some of women smoking and women and children making tortillas with a banner of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the background. Others show the Kickapoo Indian delegation to Maximilian's court. There are a small number of images of Chapultepec Castle (including an interior) and other important buildings, such as the National Palace. Two images are duplicates. The names of photographers, Franc̦ois Aubert and Mérille appear on the photo mounts.

70 cartes de visite ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7595371

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Carlota, Empress, consort of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1840-1927

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Charlotte (Coburg) of Belgium (1840-1927), daughter of Leopold of Belgium (1790-1865), and Louise of France (1812-1850) married Maximilian, Archduke of Austria in 1857. Carlota, as she was known in Mexico, was eager to establish European rule in Mexico after her father rejected the Mexican throne in her youth. She accompanied Maximilian to Mexico in 1864. During her years in Mexico, the first signs of mental illness emerged. In 1866, she left Mexico to solicit the financial support...

Castillo de Chapultepec (Mexico City, Mexico)

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Marie, Sainte Vierge

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Aubert, François 1829-1906

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François Aubert was a French photographer who traveled to Mexico in the 1850s. In 1864 he bought Jules (Julio) Amiel's Mexico City photography studio. For the next several years he photographed Emperor Maximilian and his court and documented the French presence in Mexico. He left Mexico shortly after the execution of Maximilian and set up a photography practice in Algeria. From the description of Photographs documenting Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. ca. 1866-ca. 1867. (Getty Researc...

Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1832-1867

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Emperor of Mexico from 1864 to 1867. From the description of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico collection, 1847-1967 (bulk 1853-1867) (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28981462 Formerly Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph, Archduke of Austria. From the description of Papers of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, 1864-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455828 ...

Mérille.

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