François-Garnier Berthier
in Le diable à quatre
The sitter has inscribed and signed the reverse of the mount: 'A l'honourable Madame / Merlier Mère des sauveteurs / son dévoué / F.G. Berthier.'
Le Diable à quatre is a ballet in two acts and three scenes (or sometimes in three acts), with choreography by Joseph Mazilier, music by Adolphe Adam, and a libretto by Adolphe de Leuven. It was first presented by the Ballet of the Académie Royale de Musique on 11 August 1845, with Carlotta Grisi as Mazourka and Lucien Petipa as Count Polinski.