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                                            NAPOLEON, EUGENE LOUIS JEAN JOSEPH ("The Prince Imperial") (1856-1879).  Cabinet photograph signed and dated ("Napoleon 28 Juillet 1877") by Alexander Bassano, London (imprint on verso), n.d. [circa 1877].  164 x 109 mm. (6½ x 4¼ in.) including mount, slight crease at center of image.  A portrait of the son of Napoleon II leaning against a cabinet, signed on the lower margin.
"Killed at the age of 23 while serving in the French army in Africa in a Zulu ambush"--W.M.
                                        
                                    "Killed at the age of 23 while serving in the French army in Africa in a Zulu ambush"--W.M.