Ernest Comte de Talleyrand-Périgord (1807-1871), facing left in black coat, blue waistcoat and black bow-tie, short dark hair, beard and pointed moustache, landscape and sky background

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FRANÇOIS MEURET (1800-1887)
Ernest Comte de Talleyrand-Périgord (1807-1871), facing left in black coat, blue waistcoat and black bow-tie, short dark hair, beard and pointed moustache, landscape and sky background
signed and dated 'Meuret. 1862.' (upper right)
oval, 3¾ in. (96 mm.) high, ormolu easel frame with inner beaded border and ribbon and tie surmount

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Lot Essay

Ernest Comte de Talleyrand-Périgord was a grandson of Augustin de Talleyrand-Périgord, the youngest brother of the famous statesman Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. He married Suzanne Le Pelletier de Mortefontaine in 1830. For a miniature of his daughter Marguerite, future Princesse de Ligne, see lot 153.

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