拍品專文
The original recipient of the present lot, Raymond Romain, Comte de Sèze (1750-1828), was King Louis XVI's defence lawyer at his trial in 1792. He was considered one of the best lawyers in France and he argued passionately for the King's life to be spared and that it was against the constitution of 1791 to bring charges against him. Despite his arguments, he lost the trial and was imprisoned. After the Restoration he was made a peer, judge and a member of the French Academy. The present lot was presumably presented as a gift by the newly restored King Louis XVIII of France as a token of loyalty to his brother.