Album of Portraits of Queen Marie-Antoinette, late 18th century - early 19th century, volume assembled after 1815

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Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.1665-1698

Artists / Makers

Various Artists (artist)

René Simier (bookbinder) French, 1772 - 1843

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Inscription

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]