The d’Orléans Family during a Fête Champêtre at Orléans House (1864): Art, History and Details

The d’Orléans Family during a Fête Champêtre at Orléans House (1864) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Camille Silvy (French, 1834–1910); Lafon de Camarsac (French, 1821–1905).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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. Many of these events raised money to support monarchist and other activities in France.

Object facts

• Title: The d’Orléans Family during a Fête Champêtre at Orléans House
• Date: 1864
• Creator attribution: Camille Silvy (French, 1834–1910); Lafon de Camarsac (French, 1821–1905)
• Culture: France
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: Enameled photograph in original metal frame
• Dimensions: 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.)
• Collection: PH - French 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2024.9

A detail from the museum

Photographs fired onto enamel do not fade and look as fresh today as the day they came out of the kiln.

Collection credit

Jo Hershey Selden Fund

View the collection record

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