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The Court of Napoleon or Society Under the First Empire

1857
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Object Information
  • Title: The Court of Napoleon or Society Under the First Empire
  • Author: Frank B. Goodrich (American, 1826–1894)
  • Illustrator: Jules Champagne (French, active 1852–70)
  • Sitter: Joséphine Bonaparte (French, Trois-Îlets, Martinique 1763–1814 Malmaison)
  • Sitter: Marie-Louise Bonaparte (Austrian, Vienna 1791–1847 Parma, Italy)
  • Sitter: Charlotte Corday (French, Saint-Saturnin 1768–1793 Paris)
  • Sitter: Viscountess Jeanne Marie Roland de la Platiere (French, 1754–1793 Paris)
  • Sitter: Thérésa Tallien (French, Madrid, Spain 1773–1835 Chimay, Belgium)
  • Sitter: Laure Junot Duchess D'abrantès (French, Montpellier 1784–1838 Paris)
  • Sitter: Julie Récamier (French, Lyon 1777–1849 Paris)
  • Sitter: Pauline Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio, Corsica 1780–1825 Florence)
  • Sitter: Germaine de Staël (French Swiss, Paris 1766–1817 Paris)
  • Sitter: Caroline Bonaparte (French, Ajaccio, Corsica 1782–1839 Florence)
  • Sitter: Hortense (French, Paris 1783–1837 Arenenberg, Switzerland)
  • Sitter: Mademoiselle Lenormand (French, Alençon 1772–1843)
  • Sitter: Mademoiselle Colombier (French, active 1785)
  • Sitter: Grace Ingersoll (American, active ca. 1800)
  • Sitter: Madame Regnault de Saint Jean d'Angély (French, 1775–1857)
  • Sitter: Mademoiselle Georges (French, 1787–1867)
  • Publisher: Derby & Jackson (New York, NY)
  • Publisher: H. W. Derby & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
  • Printer: George Russell & Co. (New York, NY)
  • Binder: James Somerville (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1857
  • Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
  • Dimensions: 11 3/8 x 8 5/8 x 2 1/16 in. (28.9 x 21.9 x 5.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Dr. George F. Laidlaw, 1931
  • Object Number: 31.94.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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