The Duc d'Orléans in an Oriental Costume
by LAMI, Eugène Louis, Watercolour on paper, 340 x 250 mm
The present watercolour was part of the album of Queen Marie-Am�lie. The Duc d’Orl�ans is wearing a costume inspired by the spahis’ outfit, for a masked ball. Spahis were cavaliers employed by the French corps in Algeria, made up of natives and strangers, from 1831 and on. Their situation was regularized by 1841.