french-school-19th-century-pair-portrait-miniatures-napoleon-and-revolution-officer
Lot 3137
French School (19th Century) Pair Portrait Miniatures, Napoleon and Revolution Officer
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Each watercolor on ivory; the first, after Emile Jean Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863), a portrait of Napoleon in profile, signed "d. Vernet" at lower left, presented as the lid of a faux tortoiseshell dressing box with gilt rim; the second, a portrait of a French Revolutionary officer in uniform, unframed.

The larger 4 x 3 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

The box lid separated in two pieces.