| Show Engren la und and tiie artist I 1 it t Is said that E emperor emperor napoleon III was desirous of bestowing the cross of the lesion lerion rj of honor flondor upon rosa Bonlie bonneur Bon Keur ur the eminent artist arf cist but hesitated Ri fearing aring the popular judgment I 1 might condemn the giving of it i to a woman leavi leaving f naf home in the summer of 1865 1805 for an excursion li loft the empress as regent 0 V from rom abb imperial residence at fontainebleau Fontain bleau it was only a short hort drive to q jay iy the countersign 0 at the gale was fo forced reed and unannounced the anitress ani empress bress entered the studio where rosa kosa was at work she roo ro o to her visitor toz who throw her arms about nebout her neck and kissed her tt was only a short in ter view the imperial had departed the rumble of the carriage and the crack of the outriders outsiders out riders whips htwa lost in the distance then and not till then did the artist discover thatus tilo empi stess had gl iven en mhd gigs slie liao ha pinn qa upon her bloiso the arpp crp wt of the legion of honor |
