Émile PERRAUD-HARRY (1878-1938) Royal Poodle Proof in bronze, signed in hollow on the back of the terrace and bearing the founder's stamp Claude Valsuani Cire Perdue on the left side 12 x 19 x 9 cm A plaster kept in the museum of Poitiers Provenance: Caroline Reboux, milliner of the Princess of Metternich and the Empress Eugenie Paul Reboux writer son Private collection Paris Émile PERRAUD-HARRY (1878-1938) A student of Emmanuel Fremiet, the artist devoted himself to animal sculpture. His small bronzes were prized by collectors and some of his works are preserved in museums: Musée Ste Croix in Poitiers and Musée d'Orsay in Paris. He exhibited in the Salons from 1901

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