CDV Elie-Louis duc Decazes

This is a Carte De Visite CDV albumen photo measuring 2.5x4 inches.

Elie-Louis duc Decazes was a French diplomat and statesman. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in several monarchist governments of the Third Republic in the 1870s. In this role, he was responsible for conducting French foreign policy during the "War in Sight" crisis of 1875, when he managed to secure the support of all the other powers in protecting France from a potential German pre-emptive strike, and during the early stages of the Great Eastern Crisis.