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PROPERTY DESCENDED THROUGH A NEW ENGLAND FAMILY
A FRENCH PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON IERE
ILLEGIBLE INCISED NUMBER, SIGNED JIE LIÉNARD, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON IERE
Illegible incised number, signed Jie Liénard, first quarter of the 19th century
Finely painted with a three-quarter of the emperor facing left, wearing the jacket of a general with gilt epaulets, medals and orders pinned to his chest, signed along the right edge, the reverse inscribed in ink 'Henry Austin Whitney from William W. Tucker Oct. 1860 Brot (sic) by him from Paris HAW By Liénard An 4 Sèvres Artist
5½ inches (14 cm.) high, within ebonized and gilt wood frame
Illegible incised number, signed Jie Liénard, first quarter of the 19th century
Finely painted with a three-quarter of the emperor facing left, wearing the jacket of a general with gilt epaulets, medals and orders pinned to his chest, signed along the right edge, the reverse inscribed in ink 'Henry Austin Whitney from William W. Tucker Oct. 1860 Brot (sic) by him from Paris HAW By Liénard An 4 Sèvres Artist
5½ inches (14 cm.) high, within ebonized and gilt wood frame
Provenance
William W. Tucker, Paris
Henry Austin Whitney, a gift in 1860
By descent through the family to the present owner
Henry Austin Whitney, a gift in 1860
By descent through the family to the present owner
Sale room notice
The present portrait plaque was more likely painted during the first quarter of the 19th century and not circa 1795 as noted in the printed catalogue.