Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 390 x 260 mm; black ink stamp “5308” to reverse; horizontal centerfold. Centre top: "NOUVELLE IMAGERIE D'ÉPINAL BREVETÉE PAR S.M.L’EMPEREUR" with imperial eagle and coat of arms at right and left. Below: "№ 1." — "LA FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE"; image in frame; under the image, left: "Imp lith. Pinot & Sagaire, édit. libr. à Épinal, fournisseurs brevetés de l’Empereur"; right: "Déposé". Bottom: "NAPOLÉON I. (CHARLES-LOUIS,) Empereur des Français, né le 20 Avril, 1808. | EUGÉNIE ( Marie) DE GUSMAN COMTESSE DE TEBA Impératrice des Français, née le 5 Mai 1826. | S.A I. NAPOLÉON. (Eugène-Louis-Jean-Joseph) Prince Impérial, ne le 16 Mars. 1856."

Napoleon III [Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1808 – 1873)

Eugénie de Montijo [L'impératrice Eugénie] (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920)

Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879)

Pinot & Sagaire (Épinal, 1861 – 1888) – enterprise, publisher/printer.

Charles-François Pinot (French, 1817 – 1879) – publisher/printer.

Additional Information

Collection European prints and drawings
Type / Purpose Propaganda
Period 19 AD , Mid-19th century
Country France
Language French
Media/Technique Hand-colouring , Paper , Wood engraving , Woodcut , Wove paper
Subject Bonapartism , France , Image d'Épinal , Image d'Épinal (Popular print) , Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873) , Propaganda , Second Empire (France) , Second French Empire
Creation / Publishing year 1860
Acquisition year 2023

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