Louis XVIII Roi=de France.
Engraved by James Ward Painter and Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness the Price of Wales.
London. Pub.d Sep.t 20 1795, by James Ward, No 13, Southampton Row, Paddington.
Mezzotint. 630 x 455mm (24¾ x 18"). Some spotting to margins and inscription area.
Louis-Stanislas-Xavier (1755-1824), younger brother of Louis XVI, declaring himself Louis XVIII after the death of his nephew in a Revolutionary prison. Only after the fall of Napoleon in 1815 could be claim his throne.
Frankau 54, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6447] £520.00
London. Pub.d Sep.t 20 1795, by James Ward, No 13, Southampton Row, Paddington.
Mezzotint. 630 x 455mm (24¾ x 18"). Some spotting to margins and inscription area.
Louis-Stanislas-Xavier (1755-1824), younger brother of Louis XVI, declaring himself Louis XVIII after the death of his nephew in a Revolutionary prison. Only after the fall of Napoleon in 1815 could be claim his throne.
Frankau 54, state ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6447] £520.00