PIERRE PAUL EMMANUEL DE POMMAYRAC (FRENCH, 1806-1880)
Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873), in military uniform, black coat with blue stripe on sleeve, gold-embroidered collar, gold epaulettes with three stars, wearing the red sash, badge and breast-star of the French Order of the Legion of Honour, the military medal and two other medals, sky background; together with his consort, Empress Eugenie (1826-1920), in white off-the-shoulder dress with puffed sleeves, blue mantle, sapphire-set brooch worn at corsage, pearl necklace, drop-pearl and sapphire-set earrings, wearing diamond and sapphire-set crown in her fair hair
he, signed 'P. de Pommayrac'; she, signed and dated 'P. de Pommayrac pxit. 1860' (mid-right)
on ivory
ovals, he, 5 in. (125 mm.) high; she, 5½ in. (140 mm.) high, gilt-metal frames with frosted mounts, in rectangular brown velvet frames (2)
PIERRE PAUL EMMANUEL DE POMMAYRAC (FRENCH, 1806-1880)
Emperor Napoleon III (1808-1873), in military uniform, black coat with blue stripe on sleeve, gold-embroidered collar, gold epaulettes with three stars, wearing the red sash, badge and breast-star of the French Order of the Legion of Honour, the military medal and two other medals, sky background; together with his consort, Empress Eugenie (1826-1920), in white off-the-shoulder dress with puffed sleeves, blue mantle, sapphire-set brooch worn at corsage, pearl necklace, drop-pearl and sapphire-set earrings, wearing diamond and sapphire-set crown in her fair hair
he, signed 'P. de Pommayrac'; she, signed and dated 'P. de Pommayrac pxit. 1860' (mid-right)
on ivory
ovals, he, 5 in. (125 mm.) high; she, 5½ in. (140 mm.) high, gilt-metal frames with frosted mounts, in rectangular brown velvet frames (2)
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