CIRCA 1835, SIGNED JIE. LIÈNARD.

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A PARIS ORMOLU-MOUNTED OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF MORTIER
CIRCA 1835, SIGNED Jie. Liènard.
Painted by J. Liènard, quarter-length in a blue military uniform with gilt oak-leaf decoration, gilt epaulettes and a high collar, wearing a red sash, the badge of an Order and two crosses, signed on the right edge, the reverse inscribed in black with Mortier Le M (?): Duc de Trevise né à Cambrai en 1768. Tué à Paris à la revue du 28 Juillet 1835., in an oval ormolu frame
The plaque 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Edouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, a farmer's son, became Captain of a batallion of volunteers in 1791, and Adjutant-General in 1793. After a number of successful campaigns he was created Marshal of the Empire in 1804. In 1807, after the battle of Friedland, he was created duc de Treviso, and in 1812 he served in the Russian campaign, but failed to carry out Napoleon's orders to blow up the Kremlin. He was present at Napoleon's abdication in 1814 and after the restoration of the Monarchy he was made Minister of War in 1834. He was killed by the bomb which Fieschi threw at the King on 28th July 1835.

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