Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist breweries Suffolk Lane

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'Intended statues for Waterloo Place'

Henry Segrave in a Sunbeam

This original figure in portrait format with the 15 figures arranged as 3x5 images was re-worked for publication into landscape format with the figures arranged 5x3 by the engraver

Prosper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist breweries Suffolk LaneProsper Merimee, French author, historian and archaeologist, 1861. Merimee (1803 1870) is best remembered for his novella Carmen which was the inspiration for Bizet's opera of the same title. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855 1915, 7th album, Editions MD, Paris.