Background
EPINAY, Charles Adrien Prosper d' was born on July 13, 1836 in Mauritius. Son of late Adrien d’Epinay and Marguerite le Breton de la Vienville.
EPINAY, Charles Adrien Prosper d' was born on July 13, 1836 in Mauritius. Son of late Adrien d’Epinay and Marguerite le Breton de la Vienville.
Paris, under Dantan; Rome, under Amici. Chevalier of Legion of Honour, 1878. Commandeur d'lsabelle la Catholique, 1906.
Chevalier Saint Maurice et Lazare, 1871. Officier Lion d’Or de Nassau. Chevalier Rose du Br6sil, etc.
Principal worlcs: has executed numerous busts. Amongst them several of Queen Alexandra. Youthful Hannibal (Duke of Buccleuch).
Ceinture doree; David. Le Reveil, Amour mendiant, Evohe! Vases avec bas-reliefs de bacchantes et d’enfants (the Czar). L’Jnnocence (Due de Luynes).
Sapho (Metropolitan Museum, New York). Jeanne d’Arc au Sacre, inaugurated and blessed in the cathedral of Rheims by Cardinal LuQon,1909. Deux groupos de bacchantesdansant (M. de La Villeleroux).
Callisth^ne, Sylvie, Les 3 heures de la vie (Mr. Gordon-Bennett). Sculptor; of a Breton family, a member of which emigrated to Mauritius at eud of 18th century.
Clubs: Cercle de la Rue Royale, Cercle de l’llnion Artistique, Paris; Circolo della Caccia, Rome; member of the San Fernando Academy, Madrid.
Spouse 1869, Claire,daughter of Adolphe Mottet de la Fontaine and Elisabeth de Warren.