[Ile-de-France, Saint-Cloud]. [Photograph]. DISDERI (André A - Lot 50

[Ile-de-France, Saint-Cloud]. [Photograph]. DISDERI (André Adolphe Eugène Disderi). Album "St. Cloud 1871", during the occupation by Prussian troops. Album in folio-oblong (34 x 46 cm) comprising 18 albumen prints (20 x 29 cm), credit under the image, some captioned in pencil, red percaline, gilt title and date on upper cover (spine missing, upper cover and 3 f. unbound). 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. 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, aiming to hit enemy batteries, hit the palace, which is destroyed.