Famille Impériale / Image d’Épinal, c. 1860s.
Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 288 x 426 mm; black ink stamp “5305” to reverse. Top centre: “FAMILLE IMPÉRIALE”, right: “67.” Under the image: “Le Prince Murat.” — “Le Prince Impérial.” — “L’ Empereur et l’Impératrice.” — “Le Prince Napoléon.” Bottom: “Fabrique d’Estampes de Gangel et P. Didion, à Metz.” — “Déposé.” Bottom: ms in pencil “1861 – 1868”.
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)
Prince Murat [Lucien Charles Joseph Napoléon] (French, 1803 – 1878)
Napoléon-Jérôme Bonaparte [Prince Napoléon] (French, 1822 – 1891)
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| Subject | Bonapartism, Image d'Épinal, Image d'Épinal (Popular print), Propaganda, Second Empire (France), Second French Empire |
| Character/Sitter | Bonaparte, Napoléon-Jérôme [Prince Jérôme] (French, 1822 – 1891), Montijo, Eugénie de (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920), Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873), Napoléon, Lucien Charles Joseph [3rd Prince Murat] (French, 1803 – 1878), Napoléon, Prince impérial (Louis-Napoléon; Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) |
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| Publisher | Didion, Paulin (French, 1831 – 1879), Gangel et P. Didion (Metz) |
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