NAPOLEON III. 1855. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1855 (GUERRE D - Lot 631

NAPOLEON III. 1855. EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE 1855 (GUERRE DE CRIMÉE) - SPEECH by His Majesty EMPEROR NAPOLÉON III, at the Closing Session of the Exposition Universelle (which welcomed Queen VICTORIA for the first time) PARIS, November 15, 1855 - "...Messieurs, The Exhibition which is about to end offers the world a great spectacle...at the sight of so many marvels spread out before our eyes, the first impression is a desire for Peace....You must therefore all wish, as I do, that this peace be swift and lasting; but to be lasting, it must clearly resolve the question which led to the War...tell your fellow citizens, as you return to your homeland, that France has no hatred for any people...As for us, peoples allied for the triumph of a great cause,...let us be great in the arts of peace as in those of war...". - LYON, Impr. CHAMOINE. Poster (62 x 48) Condition A