Before revision: Meg Steinheil's affair with the President of the Republic, Félix Faure, earns her understanding husband an official commission for a monumental painting representing The Presentation of Decorations by the President of the Republic to the Survivors of the Disaster of the Ruined Redoubt (August 8, 1897), which is exhibited at the Salon des artistes of 1898, as well as the Legion of Honor cross the same year.
After revision: Meg Steinheil's affair with the President of the Republic, Félix Faure, earns her understanding husband an official commission for a monumental painting representing The Presentation of Decorations by the President of the Republic to the Survivors of the Disaster of the Fort de la Redoute Ruinée (August 8, 1897), which is exhibited at the Salon des artistes of 1898, as well as the Legion of Honor cross the same year.