Accession number:
PML 141260.77
Published:
[Paris] : L'Abeille impériale, [1855]
Description:
1 print : lithograph ; image: 211 x 128 mm; sheet: 313 x 227 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
At head of sheet: L'Abeille impériale.
Lettered with title below image; "Imp Lemercier, Paris" directly below image at right; plate number "4" directly below image at center..
Lithograph by Gavarni republished in the journal L'Abeille impériale, Feb. 28, 1855.
Library's copy printed on chine collé.
Mounted onto bound album leaf measuring 371 x 280 mm.
Comprises plate 77 of a bound volume of published suites and individual plates by Gavarni (PML 141260).
Variant Title:
Princesse Mathilde
Provenance:
Bookplate of Frederic Robert Halsey; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Full length portrait of Mathilde Bonaparte, facing right, in a ball gown featuring a triple tiered skirt and wearing a crown with a veil at the back.
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