Antique Pair, Napoleon's Son, Hand Painted Intaglio Prints in 3" Round Frame, Miniature Portrait art glass The palette of colors remains

The palette of colors remains rich

you can see a serpent getting ready to strike below his left breast

a great array of boutiques and shops that would have then carried the finest luxury goods possible to acquire

jodhpurs (riding pants) and the top of a riding crop in his gloved hand

We did replace the glass panels

Antique Pair, Napoleon's Son, Hand Painted Intaglio Prints in 3" Round Frame, Miniature Portrait art glass The palette of colors remainsInexpensive, but SO sweet. These are early 1800s intaglio (engraving) prints that were hand colored and framed. Both images are of the ill fated son of Napoleon Bonaparte and his 2nd wife, Marie Louis, Duchess of Parma (m. 18101821), who was chosen to give Napoleon the Royal heir Josephine could not. An unhappy marriage, and disastrous end to Napoleon, echoed through to his son, who died lonely and chronically ill of consumption at age 21, in care of