| Louise Laffon (active ca. 1866) The Musee Napoleon III: Mission de Phenicie Objets divers [Various Phenician objects] [Album containing photographs collected by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII)] 1865 (ca) Albumen print 24.1 x 29.9 cm (image) The Royal Collection RCIN 2923308 LL/93373 Photograph taken in an outside setting of eight stone objects from the Musee Napoleon III. Five objects are positioned on a trestle table which comprise stone carvings in various shapes, on which a museum number is visible. Beneath these are three fragments of stone column with engraved script running around the outside. In the background hangs a sheet against which the objects have been photographed.
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