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A pair of equestrian figures of Eugenie, Empress of France and Louis Napoleon III
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A pair of equestrian figures of Eugenie, Empress of France and Louis Napoleon III
modelled seated to the left and right, she wearing a plumed hat and riding habit, he wearing a plumed hat and military uniform, well coloured and gilt, on titled oval bases, circa 1854 (minor damages) -- 34cm. high See illustration (2)
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Lot Essay
Cf. P.D. Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Portrait Figures Of The Victorian Era (1970), p. C242, fig. 86 and 87.