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Charles-Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte|Horace Vernet|Anonymous, French, 19th century

Napoléon III, from "L'Illustration"

August 23, 1856
Wood engraving
37.3 × 26 cm (14.7 × 10.2 in)

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