Princess Augusta Amalia of Bavaria (1788-1851), Duchess of Leuchtenberg, in a red upholstered chair and holding a book in her left hand, in white dress with gold belt, coral set gold tiara in her curled fair hair, the badge of the Royal Bavarian Ladies Order of St. Elizabeth pinned to her bodice, draped green curtain background: together with an officer, in black coat with white collar, silver epaulettes, white cross-belt, black stock (French School, circa 1815)

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GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1810
Princess Augusta Amalia of Bavaria (1788-1851), Duchess of Leuchtenberg, in a red upholstered chair and holding a book in her left hand, in white dress with gold belt, coral set gold tiara in her curled fair hair, the badge of the Royal Bavarian Ladies Order of St. Elizabeth pinned to her bodice, draped green curtain background: together with an officer, in black coat with white collar, silver epaulettes, white cross-belt, black stock (French School, circa 1815)
oval, 3 1/8 in. (79 mm.) high, ormolu easel frame with bow surmount; and oval, 2¼ in. (56 mm.) high, gilt-metal easel frame by F. E. Giroux (2)

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Augusta Amalia, Princess of Bavaria, was married in 1806 to Empress Josephine's son Eugène de Beauharnais, Duke of Leuchtenberg from 1817. She was the Grand Mistress of the Bavarian Order of St. Elizabeth which included twelve ladies of ruling princely houses and thirty-two catholic noble ladies.

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