JOC4401037 Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, dit Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873). ???mpire is peace?? Emperor Napoleon III proclaimed: ???ome people say that empire is war, I say: empire is peace.??On July 19, 1870, France declared war on Prussia. Just two months later, Sedan\'s defeat ended the imperial regime. Illustration by Frid\'Rick, La Lanterne, July 4, 1868. Engraving in ??????Napoleon dernier: Les Lanternes de l\'Empire??????(Volume 1, vol1), reedition of 1880-1881 of 75 issues of the newspaper ??????La Lanterne ??????published by Henri Rochefort (1831-1913) between 30/05/1868 and 29/10/1869 at the Anti-Clerical Librairie. Private collection.; (add.info.: Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, dit Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873). ???mpire is peace?? Emperor Napoleon III proclaimed: ???ome people say that empire is war, I say: empire is peace.??On July 19, 1870, France declared war on Prussia. Just two months later, Sedan\'s defeat ended the imperial regime. Illustration by Frid\'Rick, La Lanterne, July 4, 1868. Engraving in ??????Napoleon dernier: Les Lanternes de l\'Empire??????(Volume 1, vol1), reedition of 1880-1881 of 75 issues of the newspaper ??????La Lanterne ??????published by Henri Rochefort (1831-1913) between 30/05/1868 and 29/10/1869 at the Anti-Clerical Librairie. Private collection.); Photo by Sibroc; out of copyright.