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322 - Sir William ROSS (1794-1860). English school.
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Sir William ROSS (1794-1860). English school. "Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, Prince President, full-length, wearing the Annonciade collar and the insignia of the Legion of Honour, accompanied by his orderly lancer holding his horse". An important and astonishing oil painting on strips of marine ivory, of great finesse, treated in the style of miniatures. (detached and repainted). Beautiful gilded and carved wooden frame, protected by a second wooden frame. Under glass. Size: 45 x 33 cm. With frame: 64 x 52 cm. The corresponding engraving is attached. B.E. Provenance: Forbes Collection, Osenat, Fontainebleau, N°164, sale 06 March 2016 Biography : William Charles ROSS, English miniature painter considered one of the best of his time. Awarded first prize by the Society of Arts at the age of thirteen, he studied at the Royal Academy and exhibited there from 1809 to 1859. He quickly achieved great success and became the official miniaturist of Queen Victoria in 1837, who knighted him in 1843. Ross painted mainly on ivory, some of them large, such as the portrait of Napoleon III or that of Marie Caroline de Bourbon-Siciles, Duchesse d'Aumale (1822-1869), with her children, held by the Windsor Royal Collection, or the portrait of King Louis-Philippe and Madame Adélaïde at Saint-Cloud (1841).
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
Lot description modified on 06/10/2026 at 10:06 AM
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Michel Bury and Henri du Cray
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