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Napoleon Bonaparte married Joséphine Beauharnais in 1796 but the marriage was dissolved in 1809
Details
A pair of decorative miniatures of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) and Empress Joséphine (1763-1814)
he, in a green uniform with red piping and collar, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour and other decorations; she, in a white dress and wearing a jewelled tiara with a falling veil
on ivorine, with added signature, pierced gilt-metal frame
ovals, 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) high (2)
he, in a green uniform with red piping and collar, wearing the red sash and breast-star of the Grand Eagle of the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour and other decorations; she, in a white dress and wearing a jewelled tiara with a falling veil
on ivorine, with added signature, pierced gilt-metal frame
ovals, 3 1/8 in. (80 mm.) high (2)
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