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Louis Seize Roi de France,
Louis Seize Roi de France, cet infortune Monarque, prisonnier au Temple...
Garnerey pere pinx.t. Nyon et Lefevre sculp.
[n.d. c.1793]
Finely coloured engraving, sheet 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4). Trimmed within plate and laid on album sheet.
Louis XVI during his imprisonment at the Temple Tower in Paris in 1792, following the French Revolution. He leans on the terrace of the tower, where he was allowed limited daily walks for reading and reflection before his execution in January 1793. After the painting by Jean-François Garneray (1755–1837), 'Louis XVI au Temple,' now housed in the Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris.
[Ref: 68579]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[Voltaire.] Dedié à Belle et Bonne fille adoptive de Voltaire.
[Voltaire.] Dedié à Belle et Bonne fille adoptive de Voltaire.
Peint par Garnerey. Gravé par P.M. Alix.
[n.d., 1791 or 1803.]
Aquatint, printed in colours, very fine impression. Sheet 185 x 230mm (11¼ x 9"). Trimmed, corners snipped, some abrasion around letters.
An oval bust portrait of the philosopher Voltaire wearing a wig and blue jacket with a fur collar. From the series of portraits 'Collection des Grands Hommes'.
[Ref: 58064]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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