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Between March and August 1868, d'Affry travelled in the north of Italy and stopped in Rome. At
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Antoinette at the Temple. She presented to the Salon in Paris from May until November 1866, a bust of the Empress, which was harshly criticized and rejected by the Commission of fine arts of the city of Paris. She feared having fallen out of favour with Eugenie. Eventually, the prefect
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December in Italy, on the advice of her doctors. In 1878, d'Affry moved constantly between Naples, Switzerland and Paris, in search of a climate that would calm her hemoptysis.
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