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"Robert Richard O'REILLY (1797-1876), political opponent imprisoned for his participation in the insurrection of 1832, then General Secretary of the Prefecture of Police in 1848 and finally greenhouse manufacturer under the Empire; he was Jean-Baptiste Prat's cousin and was responsible for Jean-Baptiste Prat's daughter, Agathe Prat, after his death. - Photographic portrait by Richebourg, photographer in Paris (embossed stamp on back). Print oval albumen print, 25.2 x 19 cm, mounted on cardboard (wetness) - Briefcase with his name in gold lettering. - commemorative medal engraved with his name by E. de Longueil, of the Société Impériale Centrale d'Horticulture, in the effigy of Napoleon III (May 1858). In round case. - Freemasonry diploma from the Les Imitateurs d'Osiris lodge. Paris, March 26, 5821 [1821]. Engraved on parchment with seal. 38 x 51 cm. Folded. - Diploma of the Société Impériale d'Horticulture (1854) - Engraved portrait (damaged) - Two copies of a manuscript entitled "note relative à Mr O'Reilly, condamné sentenced to deportation following the political events of June 5 and 6, 1832 now detained in the prison of Ste Pélagie in Paris". - one printed piece: "Notice sur le citoyen O'Reilly" (April 1848, 1p.). - L.A.S. from O'Reilly to Agathe Prat (1848, Paris National Guard letterhead). - L.A.S. from O'Reilly to Communard Émile Gois + 2 from Emile Gois and 5 from his brother. Attached is an autograph poem signed (author unidentified), entitled "Le Suicide", 3 pp. in-. 12. Fait en "Préfecture de police, ce 29 avril 1834", signature followed by the words "victime of calumny."
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"Robert Richard O'REILLY (1797-1876), political opponent imprisoned for his participation in the insurrection of 1832, then General Secretary of the Prefecture of Police in 1848 and finally greenhouse manufacturer under the Empire; he was Jean-Baptiste Prat's cousin and was responsible for Jean-Baptiste Prat's daughter, Agathe Prat, after his death. - Photographic portrait by Richebourg, photographer in Paris (embossed stamp on back). Print oval albumen print, 25.2 x 19 cm, mounted on cardboard (wetness) - Briefcase with his name in gold lettering. - commemorative medal engraved with his name by E. de Longueil, of the Société Impériale Centrale d'Horticulture, in the effigy of Napoleon III (May 1858). In round case. - Freemasonry diploma from the Les Imitateurs d'Osiris lodge. Paris, March 26, 5821 [1821]. Engraved on parchment with seal. 38 x 51 cm. Folded. - Diploma of the Société Impériale d'Horticulture (1854) - Engraved portrait (damaged) - Two copies of a manuscript entitled "note relative à Mr O'Reilly, condamné sentenced to deportation following the political events of June 5 and 6, 1832 now detained in the prison of Ste Pélagie in Paris". - one printed piece: "Notice sur le citoyen O'Reilly" (April 1848, 1p.). - L.A.S. from O'Reilly to Agathe Prat (1848, Paris National Guard letterhead). - L.A.S. from O'Reilly to Communard Émile Gois + 2 from Emile Gois and 5 from his brother. Attached is an autograph poem signed (author unidentified), entitled "Le Suicide", 3 pp. in-. 12. Fait en "Préfecture de police, ce 29 avril 1834", signature followed by the words "victime of calumny."
