1859 Napoléon III and the Empress Eugénie receive the Grands Corps de l'Etat at the Château de Saint-Cloud on 19 July (Versailles)

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Empress Eugénie and Napoleon III meet the diplomatic corps in this print, probably early in the reign.

Photo credit - Gérard Blot.

Napoléon III et l'impératrice Eugénie recevant les Grands Corps de l'Etat au château de Saint--Cloud le 19 juillet 1859 (Versailles) photo - Blot
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Eugénie is the only woman in the crowd.

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