Print depicting the Empress of France, Eugénie de Montijo, and eight of her ladies-in-waiting seated on the grass surrounded by trees. The Empress, attired in a white, off-the-shoulder dress with a red bow and a crown of flowers, holds a bouquet of flowers in her left hand. From right to left in a circle, the eight ladies sit and stand: Anne d'Essling, attired in a blue, off-the-shoulder dress; Louise Poitelon du Tarde, attired in white-and-black striped, off-the-shoulder dress and a black bow choker necklace; Jane Mary Thorne, attired in a white and peach colored, off-the-shoulder dress; Adrienne de Villeneuve-Bargemont, attired in a blue, off-the-shoulder dress, holds a bouquet of roses; Anne Mortier de Trévise, attired in a dark blue, off-the-shoulder dress, holds a hat with a blue ribbon in her right hand; Claire Emilie MacDonell, attired in a white and peach, off-the-shoulder dress; Nathalie de Ségur, attired in a light blue, off-the-shoulder dress; and Pauline Marie Ghislaine de Bassano, attired in a white, off-the-shoulder dress and a red shawl. Empress Eugénie de Montijo commissioned Franz Xaver Winterhalter to create this painting in 1855 to be exhibited at the painting salon of the Exposition Universelle., Title from item., Date inferred from active dates of the artist and content., Text printed below image: Me La Mse de Latour-Maubourg, Me La Mse Marismias, Me La Anne de Malaret, Me La Ctesce de Montebello, Me La Desse de Bassana, S. M. L'Impertrice, Mc La Vtessa de Lezay-Marnezia, Me La Bnne de Pierres, Me La Pcesse D'Esseling., Gift of David Doret.
Creator
Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department GC - Recreation [P.2010.35.2]
