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[Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] – Vintage Wall Art

[Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left] — antique engraving
[Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]

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Louis XVI, the last king of France before the Revolution, appears here in a head-and-shoulders engraving that shows him turned to the left, the conventional pose for formal royal likenesses of the period. He reigned from 1774 until the monarchy was abolished in 1792, and he was executed in January 1793. Portraits like this one circulated widely in the late eighteenth century, serving both as official images of kingship and as commercial prints for a broad public. The caption card records no date, so the engraving's exact making is uncertain, but its subject ties it firmly to the final years of the French monarchy.

Medium1 print : engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,017 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136542

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