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France - 1835

Louis XVI: a Life

Obverse:

Bust of Louis XVI, right.

Legend:

LOUIS XVI ROI DE FRANCE ET DE NAVARRE

Size:

50 mm.

Reverse:

NÉ 1754.
ROI 1774.
SUPPRESSION DES CORVÉES
1776.
ALLIANCE AVEC LÉS ÉTATS UNIS
1778.
ASSEMBLÉE DES NOTABLES
1787.
ETATS GENÉRAUX 1789.
ABOLITION DES PRIVILÈGES
1789.
NOUVELLE CONSTITUTION
1790.
MORT 1793.

Vern's Comments:

This piece was produced around 1835. I based this on the engraver (Caqué) exhibiting in the 1835 Salon with Louis XVI as one of his subjects. It isn't listed in any of the standard references tha I us and I resorted to checking in with Forrer, where I found the mention of the Salon. Caqué was a prolific engraver who specialized on Bourbon subjects. The date is entirely a guess unless someone has access to literature that references this piece.

Louis XVI: a Life