£800 - £1,200
A CARVED AND GILDED FRAME OF FRENCH PORTRAIT MINIATURES OF NAPOLEON AND THREE IMPERIAL LADIES, EARLY-MID 19TH C comprising the the Emperor Napoleon 1 (1769-1821) after J-B Isabey, with signature and partial date 'Gauci 1807' Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825) (with old attribution to
Maxime Gauci verso) Maria Letizia Bonaparte (1750-1836) signed with initials GM and the Empress Josephine, in profile, ivory, the second octagonal, the others oval, Napoleon 53 x 36mm, frame 53 x 34cm overall
In apparently good condition, the fawn silk coloured mount faded and stained, miniatures undisturbed since probably the later 19th or early 20th c. Unexamined out of frame
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