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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.

A flower seller offers a bunch of flowers to a young couple who are standing near her stall. Lithograph by Gustave Janet.

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Gustave Janet

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Images by Gustave Janet

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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.

A flower seller offers a bunch of flowers to a young couple who are standing near her stall. Lithograph by Gustave Janet.