The Empress Eugenie in exile: collecting and display at Farnborough Hill, Hampshire, in the 1880s

The Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) spent the last fifty years of her life in exile in England. In 1880 she purchased a large house at Farnborough in Hampshire, where she created a series of richly appointed interiors. This talk will outline the contents and display of her collection, most of which came from the great palaces of imperial France.

Image credit:Jacques Louis David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Château de Versailles, 1801–1805. Digital image courtesy of France/Bridgeman Images