Bust Of The Imperial Prince, Napoleon Eugene Bonaparte In British Uniform

Prosper d'EPINAY (1836-1914) “Bust of the Prince Imperial, Napoleon Eugene Bonaparte in British uniform.

"Bronze bust on pedestal, marked" N "and a bay leaf, and signed on the left" P. d'Epinay "and bears the mark" F. Barbedienne, founder. Paris »Patina medal Ht: 44 cm.

Biography: Prosper d'Epinay (1836-1914), caricaturist, sculptor depicting sovereigns, nobles, and celebrities of his time in Europe and Russia. D'Epinay “gave them more physical resemblance, moral description. They are all a je ne sais quoi in the look, in the port, in a simple fold of the lip that betrays their birth ”. Related Work: A similar bust of the Prince Imperial is kept in the museum of the Château de Compiègne. At the Second Empire museum. Prosper d'Epinay produced a work paying homage to the Imperial Prince representing dying and taken in by the angel Gabriel.

Napoleon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte, imperial prince, born Marseille 16, 1856 in Paris and died June 1, 1879 in Zulu country. Only son of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French and his wife the Empress Eugenie

A marble plinth (slight accident at an angle) was made which gives a total height of 47 cm, length 27 cm, depth 17 cm.