On 11 May 1853, Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812-1870), a member of the English branch of the family, signed the contract which made him proprietor of Château Brane-Mouton, together with 188 acres of vines in the parish of Pauillac for the sum of 1,125,000 francs in gold. He immediately renamed it Château Mouton Rothschild. To commemorate the centenary Baron Philippe dedicated the 1953 vintage to the memory of his great-grandfather. This label is not illustrated by a modern painter, showing instead a contemporary portrait of Baron Nathaniel.