Scanned by:
Library of Congress
Notes:
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 5, 2008.
Depicted content:
- Mexican conservatives ask Austrian prince Maximilian to become Emperor of Mexico
- At Miramar Castle in Trieste, Austria, Archduke Maximilian officially accepts the imperial throne of Mexico
- The newly sworn Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in his capital city for the first time
- At Vera Cruz, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in his new country for the first time
Image type:
engraving
Courtesy of:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Original caption:
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico
Source citation:
Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress