Lot Essay
Another version with the verses on either side is in the Schreiber collection:Schreiber mounted 86, F.34
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Louis XVI and Necker
a printed fan, the leaf a hand-coloured etching of the King and Necker (as Minerva) with De Lamoignon and Lomenie de Brienne, the reserves with allegories of commerce and of privilege, the verso with the words and music to Le Roi veut donner a la France ..., with bone sticks - 28cm., French, 1788
a printed fan, the leaf a hand-coloured etching of the King and Necker (as Minerva) with De Lamoignon and Lomenie de Brienne, the reserves with allegories of commerce and of privilege, the verso with the words and music to Le Roi veut donner a la France ..., with bone sticks - 28cm., French, 1788
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