Internet - Original source ill-defined This exceptional portrait of the Empress Eugénie was commissioned by the Pasha of Egypt from the painter and photographer Gustave Le Gray in 1869 on the occasion of the inauguration of the Suez Canal. He offered it as a gift to Eugénie.
The Empress subsequently gave the work to her god-daughter, Madame Pietri, who had accompanied Eugénie on the journey to Egypt.
Current location unknown. Auctioned at Fontainebleau 24-25 June 2006 by the auctioneers Osenat.
