Famous last words
13th March 2012
These extraordinary engravings are the last words written by Louis XVI (his will, Christmas Day, 1792) and his wife, Marie-Antoinette (a letter to her sister-in-law, 6 October 1793), turned into silhouettes, probably in the 1830s. I’ll admit it took me a while to find out some information on the engraver, Alphonse Pélicier, who […]
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