Print Description
Plate showing the sham debarkment of the French Navy in the presence of Emperor Napoleon III at Mers El Kebir near Oran, Algeria in 1865.
Made by Kerjean after Lugeol.
Medium: Tone lithograph on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 29.5 x 23.5 cm (11.61 x 9.25 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. Original folds as issued. Foxing/browning, which can be removed on request. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ORAN-ALGERIA-FRENCH NAVY-NAPOLEON-MERS EL KEBIR | PCO-B5-10
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From ‘Revue Martime et Coloniale’, a periodical published in Paris from 1861-1896 by the French ‘Ministere de la Marine et des Colonies’. This item was published in 1869.
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