The Prince Imperial - napoleon.org

Introduction

This dossier brings together textual and iconographic sources about the life and death of the Prince Imperial, Louis Napoléon (1856-1879).
Commentary

“Chapter XIX: Death”, from Life of the Prince Imperial. With Portrait, by Ellen Barlee (London: Griffith and Farran, 1880)
Images

The Prince Imperial on his Pony, Posing for a Photographer, by Mayer and Pierson, photograph, ca. 1859

The Prince Imperial and his Dog, Nero, by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, marble, 1865

The Imperial Family: Napoleon III, Empress Eugénie, and the Prince Imperial, photograph, ca. 1865

The Prince Imperial on his Vélocipède in the Jardin des Tuileries, engraving, ca. 1865-1870

The Prince Imperial’s Vélocipède, wood and cast iron, 1869

The Imperial Family at Chislehurst, by E. Flamant, photograph, ca. 1872

The Death of the Prince Imperial in Zululand, 1 June 1879, by Paul Joseph Jamin, oil on canvas, 1882.
Bibliography

FLANAGAN Glenn, The French Prince: from Tragedy to Transformation (South Africa, Otterley Press, 2017)

BARLEE, Ellen, Life of the Prince Imperial. With Portrait (London: Griffith and Farran, 1880). Read an extract here: “Chapter XIX: Death”.

DELEAGE, Paul, End of a Dynasty: The Last Days of the Prince Imperial, Zululand 1879 (Scottsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008)

DU PASQUIER, Isabelle, ed., Le Prince Impérial: 1856-1879, exh. cat. Musée national de la Légion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie, Paris (Paris: Musée national de la Légion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie, 1979) [in French]