Eugenie, Empress Consort of Napoleon III Signed photograph

Extremely fine photograph by W.& D. Downey showing the exile empress in profile dressed in a high necked black dress, kneeling at an ornate prie-dieu and mourning the loss of her husband and son, clearly signed "Eugenie" on original photographer's mount, original brown leather frame by Walter Jones of Sloane Street; enclosed, unsigned, note says it was given to the bearer by "the Empress when they said farewell to her at Farnborough Hill 24th October 1910.

Dimensions:10.5 x 8.5"/ 25.5 x 21cm

Provenance:

From the collection of a London gentleman.