2-359-955 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Jules Ferry, French statesman, 1884. Jules François Camille Ferry (1832-1893) served as Prime Minister of France on two occasions, from November 1881 to January 1882 and from July 1882 until February 1883. He was a prominent advocate of the policy of French colonial expansion. Ferry was assassinated in March 1893. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1855-1915, 8th album, Editions MD, Paris.