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Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon
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Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice de MacMahon (1808-1893), whose portrait appears on this vase, was its first owner. He was a successful military leader who was given the titles of Duke of Magenta and Marshall of France by Napoleon III, but after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the end of the Second Empire, MacMahon was elected second President of the Third Republic of France.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVase with Portrait of President MacMahon, c. 1872–1874. Alfred-Thompson Gobert (French, 1822–1894), Constantin Renard (French), Emile-Bernard Rejoux (French, 1832-), Jean-Denis Larue (French, 1884), Jules Archelais (French, 1865–1902). Porcelain with gilt bronze mounts; overall: 89.2 x 43.8 cm (35 1/8 x 17 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection, 1979.40
