Mourning frame in memory of Cardinal Gousset Made of glass, wood, hair and white highlights. A composition in hair, featuring the prelate’s episcopal coat of arms, beneath his crozier crossed with a Baugé processional cross, his mitre, and framed by two crossed palms. Bears the inscriptions ‘YOU WHO WERE A FATHER TO ME, ALWAYS WATCH OVER YOUR CHILD…’ and, in a speech bubble, ‘TO HIS EMINENCE Mgr THE CARDINAL TH. GOUSSET, ARCHBISHOP OF REIMS’, accompanied by the dates ‘1 May 1792’ and ‘22 December 1866’. Blackened wooden frame, domed glass, hanging loop on the back. 19th century H. 18.3 cm – W. 15.8 cm