Enamel wash hand painted portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte. Waist length view, facing ¾ left. Blue and brown ground. Circular gilt brass frame with palmetto like motif and beaded border. Surmounted by eagle and ribbon bow.
miniatures (toys)
portraits
paintings (visual works)
enamel paint
ivory (tooth component)
Picture
Portrait
Portrait
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Fremont, G. (Artist)
France
3 7/8 (H) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.621
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