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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1860
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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1860
Madame de Ponchartrain seated in fur-bordered blue surcoat, lace dress and cap holding a dog; window and ship background
on card, gilt-metal frame
octagonal, 2 x 2½ in. (50 x 63 mm.) See Front Cover Illustration
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Lot Essay
An inscription in French on the reverse translates as 'Mme de Pontchartrain wife of Secretary State of the Navy daughter in law of the Chancellor of Louis XIV'
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