La famille Impériale / Lithography, c. 1860s.
Hand-coloured lithography on wove paper, 395 x 280 mm; black ink stamp “5309” to reverse. On image: artist’s initials “L. H.”; on stone: “Lith. de Fr. Wentzel a Wissembourg. — Déposé — DÉPÔT, Fr. Wentzel Editeur rue St. Jacques 65, PARIS”; below centre: “239”; bottom : La famille Impériale. Die Kaizerliche Familie.
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)
Jean Frédéric Wentzel (French, 1807 – 1869) – publisher/printer.
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| Technique | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper, Hand-colouring, Lithography |
| 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 |
| Character/Sitter | Montijo, Eugénie de (Spanish-French, 1826 – 1920), Napoléon III [Bonapart, Charles Louis Napoléon] (French, 1808 – 1873), Napoléon, Prince impérial (Louis-Napoléon; Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte] (French, 1856 – 1879) |
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