2-715-245 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Emperor Napoleon is taken to see the king by Bismarck, 2 September 1870, (1936). 'Kaiser Napoleon Wird Durch Bismarck Zum König Geleitet, 2 September 1870'. Scene from the Franco-Prussian War. French emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873) surrendered the day after the town of Sedan in north-eastern France was surrounded by the Prussian army. Here Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) accompanies Napoleon to a meeting with King Wilhelm I of Germany. In the foreground is the body of a French zouave. From "Bilder Deutscher Geschichte", (Pictures of German History), No.12, cigarette card album. [Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany, 1936]