Photo - Gérard Blot.
Joséphine, now Madame Bonaparte, is dressed in classic style that she would take through the decade of the 1800s. The shortage of volume under the skirt made carrying a purse a necessity.
Keywords: Empress Joséphine, Beauharnais family, Bonaparte family, Empress, French, curly coiffure, floral headdress, square neckline, quarter length puffed sleeves, Empire waistline, close skirt, necklace, earrings, bracelets, shoes, stole, purse