Royalty
[CLOTILDE
(Princess, 1843-1911, elder daughter of Vittorio Emanuele II, wife, 1859, of Prince NAPOLÉON, 1822-1891, 'Plon-Plon', son of King Jérôme Napoléon of Westphalia and from 1879 head of the Imperial House)]
Unsigned carte de visite photo by E. Anthony of New York
showing her full length, seated in a chair, wearing a crinolined black dress, 4 x 2½, no place, no date, circa
Item Date: 1861
Background
With her husband, she travelled to the United States in 1861 and to Egypt and the Holy Land in 1863. While in the United States, she travelled on the newly completed main line of the Illinois Central Railroad, where the village of Savoy, Illinois, was named in her honour.
Stock No. 43435