[MEXICO] (6) Second Mexican Empire CDVs

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Day 2: Early & Historic Americana

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Oct 10, 2025

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  A collection of six (6) albumen rare CDV studio portraits of military and political officials of the Second Mexican Empire under Maximilian I (1832 - 1867). Views include:

   

  1. Three-quarter length seated view of General Severo del Castillo. Mexico: Aubert y Cia, N.D. Period ink identification to verso, along with modern pencil identification and inscription: "Maximilian's [corrected from Minister of War] Chief of Staff".

   

  Severo del Castillo (1824 - 1872) was a Conservative veteran of the Reform War and continued to serve as a general in the Conservative-backed Second Mexican Empire. Although he was captured by Republican forces in 1867 and sentenced to death, Castillo was allowed by General Carlos Fuero to leave the barracks the night before his scheduled execution under the condition that Castillo would return the next morning. Castillo kept his word and returned at the bugler's reveille, for which he was rewarded with a commuted sentence.

   

  2. Three-quarter length standing view of General Miguel Miramón. Mexico: Cruces y Campa, N.D. Period ink identification, modern ink obit, and modern pencil identification with inscription "executed with Maximilian" to verso.

   

  A veteran of both the Mexican-American and Reform Wars, Miguel Miramón (1832-1867) served briefly as the interim president of the Conservatives in opposition to the Liberal-recognized Benito Juárez before resuming his military career. He was captured and killed alongside the Emperor in 1867. 

   

  3. Half-length view of General Tomás Mejía. Mexico: Cruces y Campa, N.D. Period ink identification, modern ink obit, and modern pencil identification with inscription "executed with Maximilian" to verso.

   

  Tomás Mejía (1820 - 1867) fought in the Mexican-American War and was a prolific Conservative leader during the Reform War. His subsequent service to the Second Mexican Empire was marked by a number of military decorations. He was captured and killed alongside the Emperor in 1867.

   

  4. Three-quarter length seated view of Félix Éloin. Mexico: Aubert y Cia, N.D. With period ink identification and modern pencil identification, and inscription "Chief of Maximilian's Cabinet" to verso.

   

  5. Full-length standing view of General Ramón Méndez. Mexico: Cruces y Campa, N.D. Period ink identification and modern ink obit to verso, along with modern pencil inscription: "Ramon / General + President of Mexico (executed)".

   

  For his role in the executions of Republican Generals Carlos Salazar Ruiz and José María Arteaga, Ramón Méndez (1829 - 1867) was put to death on the same day as the Emperor in 1867. While the inscription correctly identifies him as a general, there is no apparent evidence that Méndez was at any point recognized as president by the Liberals or the Conservatives.

   

  6. Three-quarter length seated view of an unidentified Austrian officer in Maximilian's Imperial Army. Modern pencil inscription to verso reads as follows: "Austrian Officer / (General?) / Mexico/Maximilian's / Imperial Army". N.p., n.d.

   

  [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards] [Mexico, Mexican History, Second Mexican Empire, Napoleon III, Monroe Doctrine, Restored Republic, Benito Juarez, Monarchism, Monarachists]

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