Showing posts with label Paris. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 February 2013



The Museum of Miniature Found Objects is the delighted recipient of a generous donation from the estate of Sir Winston Marsala Potts. On Friday this fine example of a nineteenth-century carte de visite was delivered to the museum's collection. It belonged to Etienne Potts, an ancestor of Sir Winston. It's understood, whilst in Paris, Potts paid a visit to Napoléon III, and the Emperor being out when he called, Potts left this card. A grateful French nation later donated the card to Sir Winston.