FRANCE - SAINT-CLOUD - ANDRÉ ADOLPHE EUGÈNE DISDERI 1819-188 - Lot 332

FRANCE - SAINT-CLOUD - ANDRÉ ADOLPHE EUGÈNE DISDERI 1819-1889 Album "St. Cloud 1871", during the occupation by Prussian troops. Photographs. Album of 18 albumen prints, credit under the image, some with pencil captions. Cover with title in gilt lettering. Front cover separated. Ruins of the Imperial Palace, Prussian troops in the rubble, castle park, destroyed bridge, cemetery, Fort Double-Couronne at the Porte de Pierrefitte February 17, 1871. Images: 20 x 29 cm; album: 34 x 46 cm Following the defeat at Sedan and the fall of the Empire, the Prussians march on Paris. Prussian defenses are set up in the Parc de Saint-Cloud. French shells fired from Mont Valérien, trying to reach the enemy batteries, hit the palace, which is then destroyed.