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André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri 
Empress Eugénie 
1858-1859 
  
Carte de visite 
Paul Frecker 
 
LL/13384 
  
While Winterhalter painted her in the low-cut evening dresses concocted for her by Worth, photographs of Eugénie depicted her as a demure, well-dressed woman. As the wife of the head of state, she was expected to embody the virtues of Second Empire womanhood, while promoting French fashions and fabrics. The modest, introverted poses she invariably adopted for her official photographs were inspired by the fashion plates of the day. 
 

 
  
 
  
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