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ICONOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE OF THE HOUSE OF BOURBON-ORLÉANS from the archives of royalist activist Tristan Lambert.
The archive covers a period from the sons of Louis Phillippe I, King of the French, to the generation of Philip VIII, who twice suffered the exile of members of the House of Orléans.

It includes a beautiful watercolour signed the "Château d'Eu, Park side"by L. Robert (1841), a physionotrace and 27 vintage photographic prints, most of them signed.

Baron Tristan Lambert (1846-1929) was the son of Baron Aimé Lambert, Napoleon III's venry commander. Although he had served the Bonapartist cause in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, he joined the ranks of the monarchists on the death of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, the only son of Napoléon III and Eugénie, in 1876. He successively supported Henri d'Artois and Louis-Philippe Albert d'Orléans. Tristant Lambert was the dean of the Fédération nationale des Camelots du roi, a militant branch of the Action française nationalist movement that supported the House of Orléans.

The package includes :

• "Château d'Eu, Park side"by L. Robert, 1841. Watercolour on paperCardboard stand. 335 x 397 mm. Signed autograph dedication "To M. de Boerio, L. Robert"This is probably the French cavalry general Oscar de Boério (1823 - 1902), Tristan Lambert's uncle, or his father JM Ferdinand de Boërio (1790-1863). Pitting on the support.

• A physionotrace portrait of Jean-Baptiste Bruny, Baron de Bruny (1769-1846) by Bouchardy. 159 x 134 mm. Copper engraving using the physionotrace process, framed under glass. "Dess. et grav. par Bouchardy succ. de Chrétien inventeur du physionotrace", Palais Royal 12.82 Paris. Handwritten in ink "Général Baron Bruny".
• A portrait of Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans (1810-1842) by Berthier, Paris. 158 x 108 mm. Vintage albumen print mounted on a cardboard support. Signed autograph dedication "To Baron Tristan Lambert/souvenir d'amitié, FP d'Orléans".
• A portrait of Henri d'Orléans, Duc d'Aumale (1822-1897). 240 x 200 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature  "Henri"Framed under glass, cardboard support, gilded frame. Vignette on back "A la palette d'or. 82 Grande rue, à Fontainebleau Bassinot-Gauthier, dorure, miroiterie, encadrement, couleurs fines, toiles à peindre."
• A portrait of Louis-Phillipe Albert d'Orléans (1838-1894). 240 x 200 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature in inkLouis Philippe d'Orléans"Framed under glass with a cardboard support, gilt frame. Vignette on back "A la palette d'or. 82 Grande rue, à Fontainebleau Bassinot-Gauthier, dorure, miroiterie, encadrement, couleurs fines, toiles à peindre."
• Two portraits of Louis-Phillipe Albert d'Orléans by Le jeune (in costume and uniform), Paris. 156 x 107 mm. Albumin prints of the period, autograph signatures in ink "Loris Philippe d'Orléans"laminated to cardboard supports.
• Two portraits of Louis-Phillipe Albert d'Orléans by Numa Blanc fils, Cannes. 162 x 105 mm. Albumin prints of the period, one with the personal signature "Philippe Count of Paris"Laminated to a cardboard base.
• A portrait of Louis-Phillipe Albert d'Orléans by Kingsbury & Notcutt. 151 x 103 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "Philippe Count of Paris"Laminated to a cardboard base.
• A portrait of Louis-Phillipe Albert d'Orléans by O. Glanville. 148 x 106 mm. Vintage albumen print mounted on a cardboard backing.
  Signed autograph dedication : "A Baron Tristan Lambert/ Philippe Comte de Paris". Very slightly pitted.
• A portrait of Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans, Duc d'Alençon (1844-1910) by Louis Sauvager, Fontainebleau. 162 x 106 mm. Vintage albumen print mounted on card. Handwritten on the back "Duc d'Alençon". Small stain at the top of the print.
• A portrait of Ferdinand Philippe d'Orléans by Le jeune, Paris. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "FP d'Orléans"Laminated to a cardboard base. 153 x 108 mm.
• A portrait of Ferdinand Philippe Marie d'Orléans. 127 x 229 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "Ferdinand d'Orléans, 25 April 1892"Under glass, framed in blue velvet and ribbons.
• A portrait of Françoise d'Orléans (1844-1925) by Ludwig Angerer, Vienna. 162 x 106 mm. Mounted on card. Handwritten in ink "Françoise d'Orléans princesse de Joinville". Dark marks throughout the print.
• A portrait of Pierre Philippe Jean Marie d'Orléans, Duc de Penthièvre (1845-1919) by Ludwig Angerer, Vienna. 164 x 111 mm. Vintage albumen print mounted on a cardboard support. Handwritten in ink "Duc de Penthièvre 1867".
• A portrait of Marie-Isabelle d'Orléans, Countess of Paris (1848-1919) by Jabez Hughes. 164 x 107 mm. Vintage albumen print mounted on a cardboard support. Handwritten on the back in ink "Comtesse de Paris".
• A portrait of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (Prince Louis Napoleon) (1856-1879) by Elliott & Fry, London. 166 x 110 mm. Vintage albumen print laminated to a cardboard backing. sticker affixed to the back "photographies M. Guérard, Victor Daireaux succ., 156 rue Rivoli, Paris".
• A portrait of Philippe d'Orléans (1869-1926) as a child by Numa Blanc fils, Cannes & Monte-Carlo. 156 x 106 mm. Vintage albumen print mounted on a cardboard backing. Handwritten on the back in ink "S. A. R. le Duc d'Orléans. Donné par Mgr le Comte à Paris 22 Xbre 1882".
• A portrait of Philippe d'Orléans as a child by Numa Blanc fils. 164 x 106 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "Philippe d'Orléans" laminated to a cardboard backing.
• A portrait of Philippe d'Orléans by George Glanville. 150 x 104 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "Philippe Duke of Orléans"laminated to a cardboard backing.
• A portrait of Philippe d'Orléans and Marguerite d'Orléans (1869-1940) by Byrne and Co. 154 x 107 mm. Albumen print of the period, autograph signatures "Cl... 18 April 1890"/Philippe .../Marguerite d'Orléans"laminated to a cardboard backing.
• A portrait of Emmanuel d'Orléans (1872-1931) as a child by André Disderi, Paris-Nice. 164 x 108 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "Eml d'Orléans, 8bre 1887". laminated to a cardboard backing.
• A portrait of Emmanuel d'Orléans. 228 x 127 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "Emmanuel d'Orléans, under glass with blue velvet and ribbon frame. The velvet is missing, and the print is slightly pitted.
• A portrait (162 x 107 mm) of Marthe de Bourbon (1880-1928) as a child by Bacard fils, Paris. 162 x 107 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "Marthe de Bourbon laminated to a cardboard backing. Slightly piqueted.
• A framed portrait of Marthe de Bourbon. Diameter 99 mm. Period albumen print, period brass circular frame with ribbon decoration.
• A portrait of Henriette de Bourbon (1885-1967) as a child by Bacard fils, Paris. 164 x 108 mm. Albumen print of the period, personal signature "Henriette de Bourbon Laminated to a cardboard backing. Lightly stencilled.
• A framed portrait of Henriette de Bourbon. Diameter 88 mm. Period albumen print, period brass circular frame with ribbon decoration. Hermann Claris" in pencil.
• An unidentified portrait. 150 x 100 mm. Vintage albumen print, vintage leather frame. Piqueté.