Oil on canvas, 49 x 36 3/4 inches, within modern, composite frame. Full-length oil portrait of Louis_Napoleon Bonaparte (1808-1873),the only President of the French Second Republic and later crowned Napoleon III, Emperor of the Second French Empire (1852-1870). The portrait appears to be a copy of a contemporary work, done in the 1850s, when Napoleon and his army were involved in the Crimean conflict and prior to his intervention in Mexico during the 1860s. There is significant craquelure and some lifting, but no loss to the image. Varnish is heavily yellowed and professional conservation cleaning is recommended.