Vase with Portrait of President MacMahon
Alfred-Thompson Gobert (French, 1822–1894)
c. 1872–1874
Medium
porcelain with gilt bronze mounts
Dimensions
89.2 × 43.8 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection
Accession Number
1979.40
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.