ELISE DE MAUSSION (FRENCH, FL. C. 1857 - 1880)

ELISE DE MAUSSION (FRENCH, FL. C. 1857 - 1880)
Napoleon III (1808-1873), Emperor of the French 1852-1870, in black coat with gold embroidered oak leaf collar and gold epaulettes, wearing the red moiré sash, badge and breast-star of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour and the Military Medal of Napoleon III, black cloak; stormy sky background
signed 'E de M' (lower right)
on porcelain
oval, 5 3/16 in. (132 mm.) high, ormolu easel-stand frame with tied ribbon surmount, the strut stamped 'Photographie Walery 9 bis Rue de Londres Paris'