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Emporium Auction

Fri, Jan 25, 2019 09:00AM EST
Lot 328

Eight Assorted Silhouette Portraits

Estimate: $100 - $200

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$3,000 $250
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$100,000 $10,000

Continental/American, 19th/20th century, pair wax relief portraits of Napoleon Bonaparte and his second wife, Marie Louise, shadow box wood framed, [Napoleon loose in frame, extensive wear]; painted silhouette of woman facing left with up swept hair, green painted frame; [abrasions to frame]; two reproduction painted silhouettes of a lady and soldier, black painted frames, [fading, abrasions to frames]; printed silhouette of Mde. Lafayette, [losses and breaks to frame]; two black ink cut outs by the artists of Mount Vernon Shops, Mount Vernon, Virginia, [one loose in frame], 4-1/2 in. to 6-1/2 in. 

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