The Empress Eugénie Receiving the Diplomatic Corps after the Birth of the Imperial Prince

Constantin Guys1856

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Title: The Empress Eugénie Receiving the Diplomatic Corps after the Birth of the Imperial Prince
Creator: Constantin Guys (French, 1805-1892)
Date Created: 1856
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 22.2 x 33.1 cm (8 3/4 x 13 1/16 in.)
Provenance: Sir William Ingram (not stamped not in Lugt) (according to an old label from Kraushaar Art Galleries); [C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, New York] (according to an old label, now removed and in departmental file)
Type: Drawing
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.237
Medium: pen and brown ink and brush and brown, blue, pink and yellow wash
Inscriptions: VERSO, lower center, in graphite: 34 ; ON SEPERATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER (now removed), printed in black ink: From / C.W. KRAUSHAAR / ART GALLERIES / 730 FIFTH AVENUE / HECKSCHER BUILDING / NEW YORK / ESTABLISHED 1885 / [the rest typewritten in black ink] "The Empress (Eugenie) receiving the Corps Diplo- / matique, after the birth of the Prince Imperial" / Water color drawing by / CONSTANTIN GUYS / Collection of Sir William Ingres
Department: Drawings
Culture: France, 19th century
Credit Line: Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride
Collection: DR - French
Accession Number: 1972.237

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