{"product_id":"louis-xvi-last-king-french-revolution-aquatint-portrait-levachez-1799-framed","title":"Louis XVI Last King French Revolution Aquatint Portrait Levachez 1799 Framed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original French Revolution portrait of \u003cstrong\u003eLouis XVI\u003c\/strong\u003e, the portrait roundel engraved in aquatint by Levachez and the narrative vignette beneath designed and etched by Duplessi-Bertaux, dated in the plate \u003cstrong\u003el'An 7 de la Rép.\u003c\/strong\u003e (1798-99).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lettering reads \u003cstrong\u003eLOUIS XVI, DERNIER ROI DES FRANÇAIS, NÉ LE 23 AOUST 1754, décapité le 2 Pluviose, l'an 1er de la République\u003c\/strong\u003e. The vignette shows the assault on the Tuileries on 10 August 1792.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis impression carries the \u003cstrong\u003eRepublican lettering\u003c\/strong\u003e - 'last King of the French', with his execution dated in the revolutionary calendar. The Carnavalet's impression from the 1817 Restoration edition is lettered differently, so this is the earlier Republican-period text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plate comes from the celebrated series of revolutionary portraits issued with the \u003cem\u003eTableaux historiques de la Révolution française\u003c\/em\u003e in Paris. Each plate follows the same format: a finely worked aquatint portrait by \u003cstrong\u003eCharles-François-Gabriel Levachez\u003c\/strong\u003e in a circular medallion, above an etched vignette by \u003cstrong\u003eJean Duplessi-Bertaux\u003c\/strong\u003e showing a defining moment in the sitter's life, with the lettering beneath. The portraits were issued in instalments from the late 1790s and added to the \u003cem\u003eTableaux historiques\u003c\/em\u003e in its 1802 edition; impressions are held by the Musée Carnavalet in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFraming and provenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e in an ebonised reeded frame bearing to the reverse the trade label of Samuel Jennings, 16 Duke Street, Manchester Square, London - \"To Her Majesty the Queen \u0026amp; the Royal Family, Estab'd 1824\". The National Portrait Gallery's directory of British framemakers records \u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Jennings, Carver, Gilder \u0026amp; Printseller\u003c\/strong\u003e at 16 Duke Street, Manchester Square, London from 1850 to 1885, so this print has been in an English collection since the Victorian period. Offered from a group of these portraits framed by Jennings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e age-toning and foxing to the paper consistent with age; please see all photographs, which form part of the description. Frame with wear commensurate with age. Hanging wire to the reverse. Not examined out of the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 x 22.5 cm framed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarefully packed and posted. Please ask if you would like any further photographs or measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moffitts Antiques","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54613043249436,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/4630\/0188\/files\/57_9887242e-5164-4c6e-baa3-a70329bc816a.jpg?v=1790407204","url":"https:\/\/moffitts.co.uk\/products\/louis-xvi-last-king-french-revolution-aquatint-portrait-levachez-1799-framed","provider":"Moffitts Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}