print
- Museum number
- 1889,0806.42
- Description
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Portraits of Louis XVI, the infant Louis XVII and Marie Antoinette, conjoined busts in profile to right, in circular frame hanging on an obelisk, above a ledge supporting an urn, a sceptre, a crown and flowers; proof before letter
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1791-1807
- Dimensions
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Height: 258 millimetres
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Width: 176 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- For lettered state see 1889,0806.16.
This print was issued as a black and white facsimile by the British Museum in 'Reproductions of Prints in the British Museum', New Series Part XI (Specimens of Line-engraving by French Masters of the Eighteenth Century), Published by the Trustees in 1902, where it was number XI and described there as 'Augustin de St. Aubin. Portraits of Louis the XVIth Marie-Antoinette, and the Dauphin.'; see 1902,0820.2.12 (Shelfmark 245*.b.25).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Acquisition notes
- 1889,0806.8 to 53 were all purchased from William Walker for a total of £49 7s 6d. A few prices have been entered individually. Colvin's report dated 30 July 1889 stated that all of them came from the collection of Lord Ronald Gower.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1889,0806.42