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SCHOOL OF DANIEL SAINT, AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE ISABEY
Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821), in uniform of the chasseurs-à-cheval de la Garde, dark green coat with red collar and piping, gold epaulettes, wearing the red sash, ribbon and breast-star of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour and the ribbon of the Order of the Iron Crown of Lombardy
on ivory
oval, 2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with chased foliate surround
Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821), in uniform of the chasseurs-à-cheval de la Garde, dark green coat with red collar and piping, gold epaulettes, wearing the red sash, ribbon and breast-star of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour and the ribbon of the Order of the Iron Crown of Lombardy
on ivory
oval, 2 3/16 in. (55 mm.) high, gilt-metal frame with chased foliate surround
Provenance
Acquired by John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910).
Literature
Albert Edward John, 7th Earl Spencer (1892-1975), inventory Miniatures at Althorp, 1937, no. 87 (as 'No: 77 in 1914 list. X.490 in Inventory. A copy purchased by John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer, K.G.')
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