LASNIER Baron Henry de Triqueti, 1882 Lithograph (foxing) Captioned at foot on citrate paper: "Baron Henry de Triqueti Born in Le Perthuis 1804 Died in Paris 1874 Bust from the Musée de Montargis". In a second cartouche, the inscription: "Marbles, Bronzes, Ivories, Mosaics, Drawings Main works 1834: Bronze doors of the Madeleine church 1840-1848: Restoration of the Sainte Chapelle 1842-1843: Tombeau du Duc d'Orléans and Piéta (Chapelle St Ferdinand Paris) 1849: Bronze Christ (Dôme des Invalides altar) 1855: Statue of Pierre Lescot (for the Louvre) 1856: Statue of Edward VI (acquired by Queen Victoria) 1860: Statue of Gaston Phoebus (commissioned by the City of Pau) 1864-1874: Wolsey's Chapel (Windsor) and Prince Albert's Cenotaph (commissioned by Queen Victoria)". Outside frame dimensions: 76 x 44 cm In an oak frame Attached is an albumen print mounted on card by Ferdinand JOUBERT (21.5 x 16.5 cm) of Susan D. Durant's bust of Henri de Triqueti's baron, exhibited at the Musée Girodet de Montagis. Photographer's label and address on back. Provenance: Château du Perthuis. Note: Baron Henry de Triqueti was an important figure in the Montargis region, owning three châteaux. Sculptor to the Princes, advisor to the d'Orléans family, interlocutor with Queen Victoria and her eldest daughter "Vicky", he frequented both the British and Prussian Courts. It was to him that the town of Montargis approached the Kronprinz or Royal Prince Frederic-Guillaume or Friedrich Wilhelm, the future Emperor Friedrich III, to obtain a relaxation of the conditions imposed on the region by the occupying armies during the 1870 war (lot 74). Chosen to work on major French and British commissions, he was a member of the advisory commission for imperial museums, author of a book on "the three museums of London", and a benefactor member of the "Société d'émulation de l'arrondissement de Montargis". On his death in 1874, the British press paid tribute to him, and several books were published recalling his merits and the importance of his work (lot 75).