Detail of Ferdinand-Philippe-Louis-Charles-Henri, Duc d'Orléans Critical reaction to the portrait was predictable. Those hostile to the royal family, such as the republican critic Théophile Thoré, mocked the prince's elongated chin, "soft gaze," and "beautiful soft blond hair, curled with care and apparently coming from the fingers of a capable coiffeur." Others praised his "long and nicely colored" face and found in his blond hair and blue eyes "the air of a young English gentleman."
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