Caption:
Francois Coppee, French poet and novelist, 1892. Coppee (1842-1908) was an extreme nationalist and was one of the founders of the Ligue de la Patrie Francaise, an organisation opposed to the supporters of Alfred Dreyfus. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1850-1900, 2nd album, Editions MD, Paris.