Carte-de-visite of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico shown in three quarter portrait. He is standing and facing the camera with his right hand resting on the back of a side chair and his left hand hanging at his side near his sword. He has a full beard and mustache and is wearing a military dress uniform with several pins on his left breast and wide fringed epaulettes. Printed below the image is the text, "Photographie, Bailey, Paris. / MAXIMILIAN."
The photograph is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Maximilian".
| Date | 1864; printed later |
| Photograph by | Andrew Burgess, American, 1837 - 1908 |
| Printed by | Bailey, French |
| Subject of | Emperor Maximilian I, Austrian, 1832 - 1867 |
| Owned by | Emily Howland, American, 1827 - 1929 |
| Place depicted | Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America |
| Place printed | France, Europe |
| Place depicted | Mexico, Latin America, North and Central America |
| Medium | albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount |
| Dimensions | H x W (Image): 3 1/2 × 2 1/16 in. (8.9 × 5.3 cm) |
| Dimensions | H x W (Image and Mount): 4 × 2 7/16 in. (10.1 × 6.2 cm) |
| Credit Line | Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress |
| Object number | 2017.30.29 |
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