The Shirt of the Emperor, Worn during His Execution, 1867, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 22.2 × 15.8 cm (8 3/4 × 6 1/4 in.), Photographs, François Aubert (French, 1829–1906), This grisly photograph depicts the bullet-riddled shirt of the Austrian Archduke Maximilian I, who was appointed Emperor of Mexico by Napoleon III in 1864. Maximilian's puppet regime lasted only three years; when the French army withdrew from Mexico in 1867, he was captured, tried, and executed by the nationalist supporters of Benito Juarez
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Shirt, Emperor, Worn, Execution, 1867, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Image, 22.2, 15.8 cm, 8 3/4, 6 1/4, Photographs, François Aubert, French, 1829–1906, grisly, photograph, depicts, bullet-riddled shirt, Austrian Archduke, Maximilian, I, appointed Emperor, Mexico, Napoleon III, 1864, puppet regime, lasted, three years, French army, withdrew, captured, tried, executed, nationalist supporters, Benito Juarez
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