£1,900
Jean Baptiste Fortuné Fournier (1798 - 1864) French, Portrait of Napoleon III in military uniform, signed ' F de Fournier à Paris 1852', miniature on ivory, oval, 15.5 x 13 cm, framed and glazed, frame 27 x 24 cm.
Ivory certification reference WU8BCDER
Given to the Countess de Beauregard (Harriet Howard, also known as Miss Howard), mistress to Napoleon III, and thence by family descent. See 'The Story of Napoleon III and His Mistress' by Simone Andre Maurois and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Howard
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