décapité le 2 Pluviose, l'an 1ev de la République.
Lavachez sculp. Duplesi-Bertaux inv et del. Duplesi-Bertaux aqua forte.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Mezzotint and etching. 430 x 285mm (17 x 11¼"). Some foxing off printed area.
Oval mezzotint portrait of Louis XVI (1754-1793), surrounded by an etched border with engraved text and a scene of the massacre of the Swiss Guards on 10th August 1792, resulting in the arrest and eventual execution of the king. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28227] £70.00
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Mezzotint and etching. 430 x 285mm (17 x 11¼"). Some foxing off printed area.
Oval mezzotint portrait of Louis XVI (1754-1793), surrounded by an etched border with engraved text and a scene of the massacre of the Swiss Guards on 10th August 1792, resulting in the arrest and eventual execution of the king. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'.
[Ref: 28227] £70.00