both published by Anthony after Brady, one with "McAllister & Bro., Philadelphia" dealer stamp. The first carte is the famous view of the Comte de Paris (Albert d'Orleans 1838-1894) and the Duc de Chartres (Robert Philippe Louis d'Orleans, 1840-1910), sons of the last reigning French King (Louis Phillippe) and brother-pretenders to the non-existent throne who served as aide-de-camps on General McClellan's staff during the Peninsula campaign in 1862. Revolutionary forces in France had abolished the age-old monarchy in 1848 having proclaimed the Second Republic and suppressing all efforts aimed at restoration. The Comte and the Duc were out-of-work royals but with the means to remain men of leisure and observers of others' affairs while they bided their time in hopes of a change in the political winds. None ever materialized. The Comte published a four volume set entitled The History of the Civil War in America between 1875 and 1888 and died in 1894. His brother the Duc pursued a military career fighting under an alias in the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War and later in North Africa against Algerians. The brothers were formally exiled from France in 1886. The Duc died in England in 1910. The other carte is the Prince de Joinville, uncle of Albert and Louis Philippe. De Joinville was an experienced and decorated naval officer having fought at Vera Cruz in 1838 and personally capturing the Mexican General Arista. He was given the prestigious command of the French flotilla sent to recover Napoleon's remains from St. Helena. In 1861 he journeyed to America to enroll his son in the Naval Academy at Annapolis and joined his nephews as voluntary aides (with the rank of Captain) on McClellan's staff. All of the displaced French royals left America in 1862 following the Army of the Potomac's retreat. Condition: Both cartes G+ with minor edge wear.
both published by Anthony after Brady, one with "McAllister & Bro., Philadelphia" dealer stamp. The first carte is the famous view of the Comte de Paris (Albert d'Orleans 1838-1894) and the Duc de Chartres (Robert Philippe Louis d'Orleans, 1840-1910), sons of the last reigning French King (Louis Phillippe) and brother-pretenders to the non-existent throne who served as aide-de-camps on General McClellan's staff during the Peninsula campaign in 1862. Revolutionary forces in France had abolished the age-old monarchy in 1848 having proclaimed the Second Republic and suppressing all efforts aimed at restoration. The Comte and the Duc were out-of-work royals but with the means to remain men of leisure and observers of others' affairs while they bided their time in hopes of a change in the political winds. None ever materialized. The Comte published a four volume set entitled The History of the Civil War in America between 1875 and 1888 and died in 1894. His brother the Duc pursued a military career fighting under an alias in the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War and later in North Africa against Algerians. The brothers were formally exiled from France in 1886. The Duc died in England in 1910. The other carte is the Prince de Joinville, uncle of Albert and Louis Philippe. De Joinville was an experienced and decorated naval officer having fought at Vera Cruz in 1838 and personally capturing the Mexican General Arista. He was given the prestigious command of the French flotilla sent to recover Napoleon's remains from St. Helena. In 1861 he journeyed to America to enroll his son in the Naval Academy at Annapolis and joined his nephews as voluntary aides (with the rank of Captain) on McClellan's staff. All of the displaced French royals left America in 1862 following the Army of the Potomac's retreat. Condition: Both cartes G+ with minor edge wear.
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