Louis XVI, King of France

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 27.4 x 19 cm (10 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

sheet: 43.5 x 29.2 cm (17 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of John O'Brien

Accession Number

1986.88.8

Artists / Makers

Charles-Eugene Duponchel (artist) French, 1748 - c. 1780

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate below frame: Vanloo pinx; lower right in plate below frame: Duponchel sculp; across bottom in plate in frame: Louis Seize / ROI DE FRANCS ET DE NAVARRE / Ne a Versailles les 23 A out 1754. / Marie le 16 de Mai 1770./ Sacre a Rheims le 11 Juin 1775; aBp//below fram e: A Paris ches