EARLY "ELYSEE NAPOLEON GATE, PARIS, FRANCE BY BAPTISE GUERARD STEREOVIEW 1860'S

Description: Photographs throughout Ad: Offered for auction from a recent Estate sale is the following AN EARLY SHARP SQUARED REAL PHOTO STEREOVIEW By BAPTISTE GUERARD, PARIS, FRANCE OF THE “ENTRANCE GATE TO THE ELYSEE (Elysee in English means) “OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE FRENCH PRESIDENT” NAPOLEON, PARIS, not mentioned in title FRANCE -- The stereoview is Photographed by Baptist Guerard, 202 Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France. Very little information available relative to Baptist Guerard, however from research he was in business from at least 1860 to 1869. This early and quite rare stereoview scene is very clear as photo shows. View photo for condition. The stereoview is in Very good or better condition considering age. Below I have listed the title of the stereoview as read from original old handwritting on the back along with information on the “Elysee Napoleon”, Paris, France. ELYSEE, NAPOLEON - PARIS, not mentioned in title France. ELYSEE NAPOLEON PALACE GATE, PARIS, FRANCE.: The palace and gardens were purchased from Beaujon by Bathilde d'Orléans, Duchess of Bourbon in 1787 for 1,300,000 livres. It was the Duchess who named it the Élysée. She also built a group of cottages in the gardens which she named the Hameau de Chantilly, after the Hameau at her father-in-law's Château de Chantilly. With the French Revolution, the Duchess fled the country and the Élysée was confiscated and leased out. The gardens were used for eating, drinking, and dancing, under the name Hameau de Chantilly, and the rooms became gambling houses. The Élysée was sold to Joachim and Caroline Murat in 1805, who administered major renovations that made the building more grand and "imperial". Later, the house was transferred to Caroline's brother, Emperor Napoleon, in 1808; it became known as the Élysée-Napoléon. After the Battle of Waterloo, Napoléon returned to the Élysée and signed his abdication there on 22 June 1815. He left the Élysée three days later. Russian Cossacks camped at the Élysée when they occupied Paris in 1814. The property was then returned to its previous owner, the Duchesse de Bourbon, who then sold it to her royal cousin, Louis XVIII, in 1816. Between 1820 and 1848, the palace was primarily used to host guests of the royal family. The heavily guarded mansion and grounds are situated at 55 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré at its intersection with Avenue de Marigny . A monumental gate with four Ionic order columns, flanked by walls topped by a balustrade, opens onto a large rounded courtyard. The majestic ceremonial courtyard imparts a degree of grandeur to the house. The main residence is constructed in the French neo-classical style. An entrance vestibule is aligned with the ceremonial courtyard and gardens. There is a long central building, a great — or State — apartment divided in the middle by a large salon that opens into the garden. This building also has a central three-storey section, and two single-floor wings: the Appartement des Bains to the right, and the Petit Appartement (private apartments) to the left. The French-style garden has a central path aligned with the central building, patterned flowerbeds and alleys of chestnut trees edged with hedgerows. I will accept PAYPAL and other Ebay payment methods. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $3.45. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $3.45, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge. I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal. I will ship world wide International first Class Mail 1 stereoview for $12.47 and will combine ship.

Price: 27.95 USD

Location: Gorham, Maine

End Time: 2025-01-05T15:50:21.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.45 USD