Louis Henry de Fontenay (b. 1800)

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Louis Henry de Fontenay (b. 1800)

Napoléon III, Emperor of the French, facing right, in blue General's uniform with gold-embroidered collar and gold epaulettes, black stock, red sash, badge and breast star of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour, jewel of the Royal Savoyan Most Sacred Order of the Annunciation, badge of the Imperial French Military Medal, cloudy sky background

signed and dated, left 'LH:de Fontenay.1852.-'
oval, 2 3/4in. (70mm.) high, very fine rectangular gilt-bronze easel frame with palmette border, scrolling spandrels and pierced anthemion surmount

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Charles-Louis Bonaparte (1808-1873), third son of Louis, King of Holland and his wife Hortense de Beauharnais, was President of the French Republic 10 December 1848 - 2 December 1852, when he was proclaimed Emperor of the French. He was deposed following his defeat by the Prussian forces at Sedan
4 September 1870. He married Eugénie de Guzman, daughter of the 8th Count of Montijo, in 1853.