Edouard, Duc de Fitz-James (1776-1838), facing right in blue coat with gold buttons, yellow waistcoat, frilled cravat and black stock, decorated with the red ribbon of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour

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AIMÉE-ZOÉ-LIZINKA DE MIRBEL (1796-1849)
Edouard, Duc de Fitz-James (1776-1838), facing right in blue coat with gold buttons, yellow waistcoat, frilled cravat and black stock, decorated with the red ribbon of the Royal French Order of the Legion of Honour
oval, 3 13/16 in. (97 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with ribbon-twist and reeded border

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Edouard Fitz-James, Duc de Fitz-James, politician, statesman and soldier, married firstly in 1798 Elizabeth Alexandrine Le Vasseur de la Touche and secondly in 1819, Antoinette Sidonie de Choiseul-Gouffier.
Another version was in the Holzscheiter Collection, part III sold Sotheby's London, 9 June 1986, lot 117, also illustrated in M. Friesen (ed.), Französische Miniaturen 1770-1880, Darmstadt, 2001, p. 253.

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