Ducel – Guard Mameluk 1813 – 1815 (Mameluk de la Garde Imperiale)

2nd in collection of 15 original albumen sepia print photographs; full-length portrait of Mamluk wearing the Médaille de Sainte Hélène, Turkish-style hat, holding sword, standing on rug, indoors. 2nd in collection of 15 original albumen sepia print photographs; full-length portrait of Mamluk wearing the Médaille de Sainte Hélène, Turkish-style hat, holding sword, standing on rug, indoors. Photographed by Erwin Hanfstaengl (also known as Erwin frères, a German photographer), around 1863, who began working in Paris in 1861, at 4, Rue Frochet, 4, en face la Rue Breda. This is based on the similar photographic portraits of Dorigny and Bonneville on which the photographer's name appears, and the similarity in the backgrounds of several carte de visites. (information courtesy of Wouter Lambrechts, Antwerp, Belgium)