Empress 1 rubber stamp shows the Empress Elisabeth, (1837-1898) Empress of Austria, Queen of Hungary, in the legendary ball gown painted by Franz X. Winterhalter in 1867. This portrait has been the inspiration for many designs, most recently it was the model for the ballgown for “Belle” in Broadway’s “Beauty and the Beast”. 4″ x 3 ¼”
Empress 2 rubber stamp was taken from the first of the “Boudoir Paintings” done exclusively by the court painter Winterhalter for the Emperor Franz Joseph I. 4″ x 3 ¼”
Empress 3 rubber stamp is the portrait of the Empress taken from what is called a “Boudoir Painting”, a more intimate painting done only for the eyes of the Emperor. 3″ x 2 ¼”