The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 16, 2026
The d’Orléans Family during a Fête Champêtre at Orléans House
1864
(French, 1834–1910)
enamelist
(French, 1821–1905)
Plate: 11.5 x 15.5 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.); Framed: 27 x 29 cm (10 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Jo Hershey Selden Fund 2024.9
Location: Not on view
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Photographs fired onto enamel do not fade and look as fresh today as the day they came out of the kiln.Description
The image celebrates the d’Orléans family, who abdicated the French throne during the Revolution of 1848 and settled in England. The setting for this group portrait is Orléans House in Twickenham, where the d’Orléans hosted numerous grand social events such as the garden party that occasioned this sitting.- {{cite web|title=The d’Orléans Family during a Fête Champêtre at Orléans House|url=false|author=Camille Silvy, Lafon de Camarsac|year=1864|access-date=16 March 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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