A young Gentleman, called Augustin de Robespierre, facing right in lavender-blue coat and light-blue waistcoat embroidered with roses, wearing a high-piled powdered short wig, white stock and frilled lace jabot
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J. N. EDENBERGER (flourished circa 1780-1800)
A young Gentleman, called Augustin de Robespierre, facing right in lavender-blue coat and light-blue waistcoat embroidered with roses, wearing a high-piled powdered short wig, white stock and frilled lace jabot
oval, 2 1/8in. (53mm.) high, reeded gold mount on a damaged circular striped composition bonbonnière, 2 5/8in. (66mm.) diam.
Lot Essay
Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre, born in 1764, was a deputy at the Convention of the French Revolution as was his elder brother Maximilien. Both perished on the guillotine on 28 July 1794.