“vive Le Roy”, Engraving, 1789, By A.-cl.-s. Legrand (1765-1815), After Ph.-l. Debucourt

“vive Le Roy”, Engraving, 1789, By A.-cl.-s. Legrand (1765-1815), After Ph.-l. Debucourt-photo-2

“vive Le Roy”, Engraving, 1789, By A.-cl.-s. Legrand (1765-1815), After Ph.-l. Debucourt-photo-3

Object description :

"“vive Le Roy”, Engraving, 1789, By A.-cl.-s. Legrand (1765-1815), After Ph.-l. Debucourt"

Colored print by the engraver Augustin-Claude-Simon Legrand (1765-1815), after Philibert-Louis Debucourt (1755-1832), painter to the King.
Below, in the center, we read: Vive le Roy Follows the letter: "In a rustic room, opening onto an escape from the village an assembly of peasants, receives three hawkers who present it with an image of King Louis XVI, in profile bust on the left. Under the title: "Récit d'un Invalide, chez un Fermier de Haute Normandie by showing them an Image representing the Portrait of the King. "A text of five lines follows" It was on July 1, that we saw the dawn of the most beautiful day in France ... we had just reconquered our Roy. "
In a cartouche on the lower edge of the frame, we read : " To all François well born that // this Image is dear. "(Cat. BNF, collection De Vinck and collection Hennin)
Colorful print, 1789
Neat frame.

Price: 350 €

Artist: Augustin-claude-simon Legrand (1765-1815)
Period: 18th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Perfect condition

Width: 27,8 cm (avec cadre : 45,5 cm)
Height: 27,3 cm (avec cadre : 46,8 cm)

Reference: 715736