The d’Orléans Family during a Fête Champêtre at Orléans House
1864
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1864
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The d’Orléans Family during a Fête Champêtre at Orléans House is a 1864 by Camille Silvy, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a big garden party with the d’Orléans family in their English country house. Everyone wears fancy clothes—long dresses, top hats, kids in little suits. The trees are lush, the sky is soft, and sunlight filters through the leaves. This painting shows a family that once ruled France but lost the throne in 1848. They moved to England and threw parties to stay important. The artist set up the scene like a real event, not just a stiff portrait. If you like this kind of grand family moment, look up *The Cleveland Museum of Art* to see more like it.
The image celebrates the d’Orléans family, who abdicated the French throne during the Revolution of 1848 and settled in England. The setting for this group portrait is Orléans House in Twickenham, where the d’Orléans hosted numerous grand social events such as the garden party that occasioned this sitting. Many of these events raised money to support monarchist and other activities in France.
Photographs fired onto enamel do not fade and look as fresh today as the day they came out of the kiln.
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