King Louis-Philippe on horseback, with his sons, before the gate of the chateau de Versailles, after Horace Vernet

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EDOUARD-HENRI GIRARDET (NEUCHÂTEL 1819-1880 VERSAILLES)
King Louis-Philippe on horseback, with his sons, before the gate of the chateau de Versailles, after Horace Vernet
signed, dated and inscribed ‘Ed. Girardet dap. M. Hor. Vernet/ 1848’ (lower left)
black chalk, black and gray wash, heightened with white
11 ½ x 12 in. (29.4 x 30.5 cm)

Provenance

Richard Seymour-Conway, Marquess of Hertford (1800-1870), Paris.
Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890), Paris.
Sir John Murray Scott (1847-1912), London.
Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), Knole, Kent.
with G. Seligman & Cie, Paris (Exposition de quelques dessins du XIXe siècle exécutés sur l’ordre du Roi Louis-Philippe d’après les peintures d’Histoire du Musée de Versailles, 1929, no. 27).
Claus and Sunny von Bülow, Newport; gifted to
Russell B. Aitken (1910-2002), New York.

Literature

J. Richardson, The collection of Germain Seligman. Paintings, drawings and works of art, privately printed, 1979, no. 27, ill.

Exhibited

New York, French Embassy, Services du Conseiller Culturel, Commémoration du centenaire de la révolution de 1848, March-April 1948 (without catalogue).

Engraved

Joseph Félon (Iconography of Louis-Philippe, VI, Paris, 1907, no. 106).

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Lot Essay

Girardet's drawing is based on one of Vernet's last painting commissions from King Louis-Philippe before he was dethroned. Vernet's painting was executed in 1846 and depicts the Bourbon monarch on horseback with his sons. The image was meant to reinforce the legitimacy Louis-Philippe and his sons' claims to the throne.

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