About This Artwork
Eugène L. Lami
French, 1800-1890
The Translation of the Ashes of Napoleon: 15 December, 1840c. 1842
Watercolor and gouache, with traces of graphite, on ivory wove paper
153 x 257 mm
Suzanne Dixon Fund, 1986.429
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, April 15, 1991-January 6, 1992 (installation).
New York, The Frick Collection, "From Pontormo to Seurat: Drawings Recently Acquired by The Art Institute of Chicago," April 23-July 7, 1991, n.p., cat. 38; traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, September 10, 1991-January 5, 1992.
Publication History
Paul André Lemoisne, L’Oeuvre de Eugène Lami (Paris, 1914), no. 491.
Ownership History
Possibly King Louis Philippe [according to Henry Strachey]. Prince de Joinville [according to Henry Strachey]; given to Queen Victoria, Windsor, England [according to Henry Strachey]. Sold, Sotheby’s, London, March 13, 1986, lot 23. Sold by Henry Strachey to the Art Institute, 1986.