Eugénie, the Empress
Cousin's engraving reproduces Winterhalter's first original portrait of Empress Eugénie, painted 1853-54 and exhibited at the Salon of 1855 and Exposition Universelle that same year. The subject wears a white gown adorned with lace, with a velvet cloak draped behind. A sash across her chest supports an imperial emblem. The empress wears a tiara and points to a crown placed next to her on a low table, with a looped curtain offering a view of fountains in a garden. An impression of this print was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1857 (no. 981).
Artwork Details
- Title: Eugénie, the Empress
- Artist: Samuel Cousins (British, Exeter 1801–1887 London)
- Artist: After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German, Menzenschwand 1805–1873 Frankfurt)
- Sitter: Empress Eugénie de Montijo (French (born Spain), Granada 1826–1920 Madrid)
- Date: 1857
- Medium: Mixed method engraving with mezzotint
- 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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