19th Century Hand-Coloured Portraits of Napoleon and Josephine
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Two 19th century hand-coloured photographic portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Josephine of France, albumen prints hand-coloured in oils and laid on linen, stamped verso with Parisian atelier's details, framed in English gilt frames under glass. 25 x 20 cm (images). Napoleon, after Jacques Louis David's portrait of 1813, signed indistinctly lower right Sa Gosse(?); Josephine Bonaparte de Beauharnis, after Firmin Massot's portrait of 1812, signed indistinctly lower left Gerard.
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- Atelier - Atelier (French for "workshop"), in English usuage describes the workshop of an artist in the fine or decorative arts, where the artist and a number of assistants, students and apprentices worked together producing pieces that went out in the artists name. This was the standard practice for European artists from the Middle Ages to the 18th or 19th century
- Verso - Verso is the "back" side of a sheet of paper, art work, coin or medal. The front side is "recto".
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