Louis-Philippe of Orléans (1773-1850), King of the French 1830-1848, facing left in blue uniform with gold-embroidered oak leaf collar and facings, gold epaulettes, wearing the red moiré sash, badge and silver breast star of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour; cloud and sky background

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ALEXANDRE (FL. C. 1836)
Louis-Philippe of Orléans (1773-1850), King of the French 1830-1848, facing left in blue uniform with gold-embroidered oak leaf collar and facings, gold epaulettes, wearing the red moiré sash, badge and silver breast star of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour; cloud and sky background
signed and dated 'Alexandre 1836.' (mid-right)
oval, 1 11/16 in. (42 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame

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Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, son of the beheaded 'Philippe-Egalité' and his wife Louise-Marie de Bourbon-Penthièvre, married Princess Marie-Amélie of Bourbon-Naples in 1809. He became King of the French in 1830 after the abdication of King Charles X and reigned until the Revolution of 1848. He died at Claremont, formerly the house of Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold. For another miniature of Louis-Philippe, see lot 241.

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