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- Museum number
- 2010,7081.3230
- Title
- Object: The Seperation of The Dauphine from the Queen of France and Royal Family, August 23.rd 1793
- Description
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The Dauphin clinging to his kneeling mother and looking back over his shoulder at an officer who has come to take him away from her and stands by an open door on the left, with four weeping women standing nearby and another man at the door. 1793
Mezzotint with some etching
- Production date
- 1793
- Dimensions
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Height: 347 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 253 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- States [recorded in the Lennox-Boyd database]
(i) lettered with the title, a description of the event over four lines 'The National Convention ... Adieu for ever.' and 'Published Dec.r 12th. 1793 by John Fairburn Map, Chart & Printseller, No. 146 Minories London.'
(ii) reworked, facial expressions altered and cord and tassle added in the background [impression with CLB]
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: French Revolutionary Wars 1789-1799
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.3230