Achille Marcus Fould was a French financier and politician who was four times minister of finance between 1849 and 1867. A major figure of the Second French Empire, his politics have been described as "conservative by instinct, liberal by reflection."
Achille Fould
Fould (standing right of center, holding a hat) attending the presentation in 1853 of Louis Visconti's plans for completion of the Louvre to Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, 1865 painting by Ange Tissier
Cartoon of Fould by Honoré Daumier, 1849
Formal portrait of Fould, 1859
Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre and of the Hautes-Pyrénées. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as Turba or Tarba in Roman times. Tarbes is part of the historical region of Gascony.
The town hall of Tarbes
Foundations of an old villa in the Ormeau quarter
The Gare de Tarbes, around 1900
Brauhauban market, around 1900