Famille Impériale / Image d’Épinal, c. 1860s.

Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 400 x 270 mm; black ink stamp “5306” to reverse. Top centre: “FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE”, right: “62.”; below centre: “Fabrique d’Images de GANGEL et P. DIDION, à Metz.”; right: “Déposé.”

Publisher/printer: Gangel et P. Didion (Metz); Paulin Didion (French, 1831 – 1879).

Characters:

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)

Napoléon II [Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte] (French, 1811 – 1832)

Napoléon I^er [Napoléon Bonaparte] (French, 1769 – 1821)

Collection	European prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Propaganda
Period	19 AD, Mid-19th century
Country	France
Language	French
Media	Paper, Wove paper
Technique	Hand-colouring, Wood engraving, Woodcut
Subject	Bonapartism, Image d'Épinal, Image d'Épinal (Popular print), Propaganda, Second Empire (France), Second French Empire
Character / Sitter	Montijo, Eugénie de (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920), Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821), Napoleon II [Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte] (French, 1811 – 1832), Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873), Napoléon, Prince impérial (Louis-Napoléon; Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879)
Artist	Unknown
Publisher	Didion, Paulin (French, 1831 – 1879), Gangel et P. Didion (Metz)
Publishing year	1860
Acquisition year	2023

Collection

European prints and drawings