President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and the last king in French history (1848–1870)

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A Zouave soldier, holding a poison bottle, is carrying on his back Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, who is looking through a telescope. Drawing, 18--.

A ball in the Palais des Tuileries: the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie (?) take part in a quadrille. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Gustave Janet.

Number of votes in a plebiscite on the appointment of Prince Louis Napoleon as prince-president of France in 1852; in a frame decorated with the dove of peace. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1853.

A black man is shaking hands with Napoleon III, thanking him ironically for supporting the freedom of slaves. Wood engraving, 1861.

Napoleon III. Photograph by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Coy.

Napoleon III. Photograph by Mayer & Pierson.

Eglinton Tournament: guests in the banqueting hall and ballroom in Eglinton Castle. Lithograph by H. Wilson after C.A. d'Hardiviller, 1839.

A medical commentary upon Napoléon III and his son / [Macdonald Critchley].

Napoleon III's face in profile made up of numerous figures. Lithograph, ca. 1852-1860.

A medical history of Louis Napoleon / [Benjamin Samuel Abeshouse].

Lettres des members du Divan du Kaire au Général Bonaparte ... / en arabie et en français.

Commentatio de tracheitide infantum vulgo croup vocata cui praemium a quondam Imperatore Napoleone propositum ex dimidia parte delatum est / [Johann Abraham Albers].

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Napoleon III

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Works from the collections

Lettres des members du Divan du Kaire au Général Bonaparte ... / en arabie et en français.

Commentatio de tracheitide infantum vulgo croup vocata cui praemium a quondam Imperatore Napoleone propositum ex dimidia parte delatum est / [Johann Abraham Albers].