Louis XVIII, Roi de France et de Navarre. Ne Versailles le 17 Novembre 1755.
Painted by Huet Villiers. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London: Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1812, by Mess.rs Colnaghi, Printsellers, Cockspur Str.t Haymarket.
Mezzotint, 370 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"). Small margins. Laid on paper. Very light foxing.
Half-length portrait of Louis XVIII, seated slightly left before a curtain and pillar, facing forward. He wears a dark double-breasted coat with the Order of the Saint-Esprit insignia, a white neckerchief, and frill. The image is framed by layered line borders, with a coat of arms centered below. Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier 1755–1824), known as “the Desired,” was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days. Before ascending the throne, he spent 23 years in exile from 1791 during the French Revolution and the First French Empire.
W328 II of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68551] £140.00
London: Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1812, by Mess.rs Colnaghi, Printsellers, Cockspur Str.t Haymarket.
Mezzotint, 370 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"). Small margins. Laid on paper. Very light foxing.
Half-length portrait of Louis XVIII, seated slightly left before a curtain and pillar, facing forward. He wears a dark double-breasted coat with the Order of the Saint-Esprit insignia, a white neckerchief, and frill. The image is framed by layered line borders, with a coat of arms centered below. Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier 1755–1824), known as “the Desired,” was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days. Before ascending the throne, he spent 23 years in exile from 1791 during the French Revolution and the First French Empire.
W328 II of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68551] £140.00