Ruth Scurr

Empress Eugénie’s shrine to the Bonapartes

After her exile from France in 1870, the wife of Napoleon III purchased a Hampshire estate to house a nostalgic collection of family memorabilia

‘The Empress Eugénie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting’ by Franz Xaver Winterhalter dominated the hall at Farnborough Hill, evoking the vanished glamour of the second empire. Credit: Alamy 
issue 17 December 2022

  • The Empress Eugénie in England: Art, Architecture, Collecting

    Anthony Geraghty

    Paul Holberton Publishing, pp. 272, £40

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