JOC4401087 Cartoon of the politics of the Second Empire (Bonapartiste Regime) directed by Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, dit Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, 1808-1873). ???orrection to a bad policy?????? Napoleon III imprudently engaged in Mexico by encouraging the accession of Maximilian I of Mexico or Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph (1832-1867), brother of Emperor Francois Joseph of Austria. The Mexican case is linked to questionable financial combinations. Abandoned by France, Maximilian was shot on 19 June 1867. The record of the case is desastrous. Illustration by Frid\'Rick, La Lanterne, April 2, 1869. Engraving in ??????Napoleon dernier: Les Lanternes de l\'Empire??????(Volume 2, volume 3), 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). ???orrection to a bad policy?????? Napoleon III imprudently engaged in Mexico by encouraging the accession of Maximilian I of Mexico or Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph (1832-1867), brother of Emperor Francois Joseph of Austria. The Mexican case is linked to questionable financial combinations. Abandoned by France, Maximilian was shot on 19 June 1867. The record of the case is desastrous. Illustration by Frid\'Rick, La Lanterne, April 2, 1869. Engraving in ??????Napoleon dernier: Les Lanternes de l\'Empire??????(Volume 2, volume 3), 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.