Hand-coloured woodcut on wove paper, 487 x 365 mm; black ink stamp “5056” to reverse. Top left: imperial coat of arms; centre: “FAMILLE IMPERIALE. GRANDS DIGNITAIRES DE L’EMPIRE, MAISON DE L’EMPEREUR.”; right: “№144.” Image of the imperial family under imperial eagle and standards; besides – four tiers of captioned cartoons. Bottom left: “Imprimerie Lith. de Pellerin, à Épinal”; right: “Propriété de l’Éditeur. — Déposé.”
Jean Charles Pellerin (French, 1756 – 1836) – printer/publisher.
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| Subject | Bonapartism, Image d'Épinal, Image d'Épinal (Popular print), Napoleon III, Politics, Propaganda, Second Empire (France), Second French Empire |
| Character / Sitter | Bonaparte, Mathilde [Princess Mathilde] (French, 1820 – 1904), Montijo, Eugénie de (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920), Napoleon III [Bonaparte, Charles-Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873), Napoléon, Prince impérial (Louis-Napoléon; Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879), Savoie, Marie-Clotilde de [Princesse Clotilde] (French, 1843 – 1911) |
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| Publisher | Lith. de Pellerin (Épinal), Pellerin, Jean Charles (French, 1756 – 1836) |
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