drawing

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Object Type
Museum number: 1877,0512.20
Description: Prison interior with Marie Antoinette taking leave of her family; on the right a gaoler holding a flaming torch in open door while nearby a soldier restrain Louis Charles who is held between his sister and a distraught woman to right; soldiers waiting in shadows to left; oval format Pen and grey ink and wash, over graphite
Producer name
School/style: British; German
Production date: 1781-1794
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 144 millimetres; Width: 194 millimetres (oval)
Curator's comments: Engraved by Bolt, see 2000,0930.69.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre; Representation of: Louis XVII, King of France and Navarre; Representation of: Marie Thérèse Charlotte de France, Madame Royale, Duchess of Angoulême
Associated events: Associated Event: French Revolution 1793
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1877,0512.20

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