French School, late 19th Century

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French School, late 19th Century
Madame Elisabeth, in red-striped blue dress with white underslip, flowers at corsage, powdered curling hair; landscape background
on ivorine, gilt-metal frame with ribbon surmount
oval, 3 5/16 in. (84 mm.) high
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Elisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France (1764-1794), commonly called Madame Elisabeth, was a sister of Kings Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X of France. She was imprisoned with the family of her brother Louis XVI and died on the Revolutionary scaffold.

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