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. 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 I of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68552] £180.00
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. 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 I of II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68552] £180.00