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An engraving of the same subject was illustrated in the Berliner Zeitung on 17 September 1859, p. 187
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Adolphe-Pierre Leleux (1812-1891)
Kaiserin Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III with her Ladies-in-waiting in the Place de Vendôme, Paris, watching The Victory Parade of the allied Troops over the Austrians, 14 August 1859
signed 'A. P. Leleux'; oil on canvas, oval
16 x 27in. (40.5 x 68.5cm.)
Kaiserin Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III with her Ladies-in-waiting in the Place de Vendôme, Paris, watching The Victory Parade of the allied Troops over the Austrians, 14 August 1859
signed 'A. P. Leleux'; oil on canvas, oval
16 x 27in. (40.5 x 68.5cm.)