Lot Essay
A number of prints with the late King's testament were issued in England
Details
Testament de Louis XVI, a printed fan, the leaf with a stipple engraved medallion containing eight portrait busts of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Mme. Premiere, la Comtesse de Provence, la Comtesse d'Artois, Le Comte d'Artois, Le Comte de Provence, Le Dauphin, the reserves printed with the will or Testament de Louis XVI, with bone sticks - 9.5in.(24cm.) 1793
Literature
There is a similar fan in the Schreiber collection but printed in red, S., F.63, no. 122,
Another printed in red is in the Musee Carnavelet, Legs Francisque 1907, exhibited Eventails, Paris, 1973, catalogue no. 178.
Another printed in red is in the Musee Carnavelet, Legs Francisque 1907, exhibited Eventails, Paris, 1973, catalogue no. 178.
Exhibited
Fan Makers' Hall, 1980, catalogue no. 30
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