Album of Portraits of Queen Marie-Antoinette

late 18th century - early 19th century, volume assembled after 1815

Various Artists

Artist

René Simier

Bookbinder, French, 1772 - 1843

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with 32 prints and 2 drawings mounted on wove paper, plus a manuscript account of contents by Edward Clayton

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    book: 50.5 × 36 × 2.5 cm (19 7/8 × 14 3/16 × 1 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.1665-1698

Associated Artworks

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Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

Augustin de Saint-Aubin

1774

Marie-Antoinette

French 18th Century

1700

Louis XVI [upper left]

French 18th Century

1700

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

in gold-tooled letters on spine of brown leather binding: LES / PIGEONS / PAR / MADAME / KNIP / TEXTE / PARIS / MDCCC XI / SIMIER / RELIEUR / DU ROI; in gold-tooled letters at bottom of front cover: SIMIER.R.DU ROI; inside front endpaper at upper left in graphite: F520 tee; inside back endpaper, at lower right in graphite 497 [written upsidedown]

Markings

Joseph Widener bookplate inside front endpaper

Watermarks

none [on wove paper mounts]

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