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Emperor Napoleon III of France in exile, Chislehurst, Kent, 1871-1873. The Emperor and his family were forced to flee into exile after the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War led to
The French Imperial Family in exile, Chislehurst, Kent, 1871-1873. Emperor Napoleon III of France, Empress consort Eugenie de Montijo, and Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial
Dr TW Evans, American dentist and biographer of Napoleon III, 19th century. Thomas Wiltberger Evans first treated Louis-Napoleon, the future Emperor Napoleon III
Eugenie de Montijo, Empress Consort of Napoleon III of France, c1865-1875. A Spanish noblewoman, Eugenie de Montijo (1826-1920) was the last Empress Consort of France
Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial, c1865-1868Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial, prepared to meet the King of Prussia, c1870-1871. Louis Napoleon (1856-1879) was the only child of the Emperor Napoleon III
Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial, c1861-1864. Louis Napoleon (1856-1879) was the only child of the Emperor Napoleon III. His early death signalled an end to any hopes for the restoration of
Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial, as a young child, c1858. Louis Napoleon (1856-1879) was the only child of the Emperor Napoleon III
Leconte de Lisle, French poet, 1877. Charles Marie Rene Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894) was a poet of the Parnassian movement
Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Lucay, French politician and author, 1904. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French artist, 1900. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1880. Fabre (1823-1915) examining specimens through a magnifying glass. He wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects
Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author, 1890. Flammarion (1842-1925) was the author of more than 50 books on popular science, astronomy and science fiction
Jules Renard, French, 1900Jules Renard in 1900, (1865-1905). A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Georges Clemenceau, French statesman, 1897. Clemenceau (1841-1929) served as Prime Minister of France from 1906-1909. He returned to the premiership in 1917 during the First World War
Baron Pere, 1883. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Georges Ohnet, French novelist, 1883. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Suzanne Reichenberg, French actress, 1883. The dessert Crepes Suzette is named after Suzanne (Suzette) Reichenberg (1853-1924)
Maurice Rollinat, French poet, 1888. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Anna Judic, French comic actress, 1875. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Arsene Houssaye, French novelist and poet, 1861. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, French poet, 1859. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1865-1905, 4th album, Editions MD, Paris
Honore Daumier, French artist, 1868. A prolific draughtsman, Daumier (1808-1879) is best known for his caricatures of French political figures and satirical observations on 19th century French life
Louis Faidherbe, French soldier and general, 1870General Louis Faidherbe in 1870, (1865-1905). Faidherbe (1818-1889) was a soldier and a colonial administrator. While serving in Senegal he created the Senegalese Tirailleurs
Sergeant Hoff, French soldier, 1872. Ignace Hoff was a hero of the Franco-Prussian War, who later became a caretaker of the Arc de Triomphe
French artist Louis-Robert Carrier-Belleuse painting Doctor Boyen, 1906. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Charles Denis Bourbaki, French soldier and general, 1868. Bourbaki commanded an army during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-1871
Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright, poet and essayist, 1915. A member of the Symbolist movement, Maeterlinck (1862-1949) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911
Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, musician and conductor, 1910. Saint-Saens (1835-1921) best known works include The Carnival of the Animals
Firmin Gemier, French actor and theatrical director, 1910. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist, 1908. Associated with the neo-Romantic movement, Rostand (1868-1918) is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac, first performed in 1897
Pierre and Marie Curie, French physicists, 1906. Polish-born Marie Curie and her husband Pierre continued the work on radioactivity started by Henri Becquerel
Albert de Mun, French politician, 1910. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Henri-Joseph Harpignies, French artist, 1905. Harpignies (1819-1916) was a landscape painter of the Barbizon School. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres
Paul Hervieu and Marcel Prevost, French authors and dramatists, 1905. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Frederic Mistral, French writer, 1906. Mistral (1830-1914) was a poet and a lexicographer of Occitan, the language of south-west France. In 1904 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature
Eugene Turpin, French chemist, 1905. Francois Eugene Turpin (1848-1927) was involved in research into explosives. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres
Edouard Colonne, French conductor and violinist, 1902. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Frederic Passy, French economist and writer, 1901. Passy (1822-1912) shared the first Nobel Peace prize with Henri Dunant in 1901
Eugene Brieux, French dramatist, 1903. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Edouard Branly, French physicist, 1900. Branly (1844-1940) was a pioneer of early radio and inventor of the coherer (1892)
Jean-Francois Raffaelli, French artist, 1891. Raffaelli (1850-1924) was a Realist painter, printmaker and sculptor who exhibited his work with the Impressionists
Ernest Legouve, French dramatist, 1887. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Colonel Marchand, French soldier, 1899. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris
Leon Gambetta, French statesman, 1881. A Republican politician, Gambetta (1838-1882), was an opponent of the French Second Empire
Jules Claretie, French literary figure, 1885. Claretie (1840-1913) was a journalist, novelist and playwright who served as director of the Theatre Francaise
Count Walewski, French statesman, 1860. Count Alexandre Joseph Colonna-Walewski (1810-1868) pictured with officials of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist, 1861. Merimee (1803-1870) is best remembered for his novella Carmen which was the inspiration for Bizets opera of the same title
Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic, 1928. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860-1925, 9th album, Editions MD, Paris
