CARD GAME ILLUSTRATING THE MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY Circa 1869 "The card game of the Imperial Dynasty composed and photographed by Rt Chanony, artist photographer in Montpellier. Complete with 52 cards, the figures illustrated with photographs of members of the imperial family, marshals and generals. Presented in its cardboard box (wear from use). 90 x 60 mm B.E. Second Empire period (1869). Provenance : Former Napoleonic collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco (3rd sale, lot 219) A set of cards game illustrating the members of the Imperial family, circa 1869 Commentary: Robert Chanony (born 1836), a photographer working at 10, boulevard de la Comédie in Montpellier, patented a card game known as the "Imperial Dynasty Card Game" in 1869.