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Louis XVI Addressing the National Convention
ca. 1796
Luigi Schiavonetti (Artist) Italian, 1765-1810 Testolini (Publisher) English
Engraving printed in black ink on wove paper
Image: 17 7/8 × 24 1/8 inches (45.4 × 61.3 cm) Sheet: 20 5/8 × 26 3/8 inches (52.4 × 67 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1088
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Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: Painted by W. Miller Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by L. Schiavonetti Inscribed, center lower margin: THE MEMORABLE ADDRESS OF LEWIS THE SIXTEENTH AT THE BAR OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION | After his Counsel Mr.. Deseze had Closed his Defence on the 26 of December 1792. | LONDON, Published November 20. 1796, by Testolini, No. 73 Cornhill.
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April 1887, (Bangs and Co., New York, New York, USA).Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Luigi Schiavonetti, Louis XVI Addressing the National Convention, ca. 1796, engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1088.
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