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Description: | image: A central image with hand drafted text and date below. A 3/4 length view of Louis XVI, his back to the viewer, his
bewigged head in profile, his left arm upraised in exhortation of the Swiss Guard, who stand in serried ranks before him and presenting
arms.
It is assumed that this is Louis' last review of the Guards at the Tuilleries Palace on the morning of 10 August 1792,
prior to its taking by the soldiers of the Revolution in which the Swiss were massacred and Louis deposed.
edition number: 308/350 (d'Arches edition - 26/350) | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | CH.A Costume and fashion Military Personnel FR.A Uniforms | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Société Littéraire de France, Paris | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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