Princesse Eugénie
Print based on a portrait of the empress, painted by Winterhalter and shown at the Exposition Universelle of 1855. The Spanish-born Princess Eugénie had married Napoleon III in 1853.
Artwork Details
- Title: Princesse Eugénie
- Artist: Samuel Cousins (British, Exeter 1801–1887 London)
- Artist: After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, Menzenschwand 1805–1873 Frankfurt)
- Sitter: Eugénie, Empress of the French (1826–1920)
- Date: 1857
- Medium: Mixed method engraving
- Dimensions: image: 26 5/16 x 17 1/16 in. (66.8 x 43.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
- Object Number: 57.620.5
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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