Signed miniatures, by Sidney Hand.
A 1924 catalogue of signed miniatures compiled by Sidney Hand, published in London and likely aimed at collectors and students of British miniature painting. The single plate reproduces a full-length portrait of Louis Napoleon, President of the French Republic, in a dark military uniform with a red sash and star, standing beside an upholstered chair and a column with a mounted soldier behind. A designer might take its formal, ceremonial composition: a figure set against a draped curtain and open landscape, with the red sash as a strong accent.
