July 8th & 10th 2016 Premier Militaria Sale *Las Vegas* (63)
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/9/2016
Offered is a 19th Century, bronze, lifesize bust of Napoleon III (1808-1873), the Emperor depicted in field dress, with antique gold patina and a black-patinated integral socle with the inscription "Napoleon III En Italie". Although unsigned, this bust is evidently a posthumous work, clearly after the 1878 painting by Wilhelm Camphausen (German, 1818-1885) depicting Napoleon III and Bismarck after the Battle of Sedan, the decisive engagement of the Franco-Prussian War.