Imagery On Laid Paper Circa 1820: Sar Mr. Le Duc d'Angoulême

Very beautiful and fresh proof on laid paper in pretty colors of the time, published by Jean in Paris, .
Date: ca.1820

Louis-Antoine d'Artois, born August 6, 1775 in Versailles and died in Goritz, Austria (now Gorizia in Italy) on June 3, 1844, grandson of France and Duke of Angoulême ( 1775-1824), then Louis-Antoine de France, Dauphin of France (1824-1830) then Count of Marnes (1830-1844), then in 1836 Louis de France, is a prince of the royal house of France, son of Charles -Philippe of France, the latter being Count of Artois and the future King Charles X, and Marie-Thérèse of Savoy. During the events of the July Revolution (1830), shortly after the abdication of his father Charles X, he himself renounced his rights in favor of his nephew Henri d'Artois. He then went into exile with the courtesy title of Count of Marnes. On the death of his father (1836) until his own death (1844), he became the eldest of the Capetians and the head of the house of Bourbon, pretender to the Crown of France and recognized as king by the legitimists under the name of Louis XIX. Among the military distinctions given to him, the Duc d'Angoulême was notably Colonel General of the Cuirassiers and Dragoons, Grand Admiral of France and Generalissimo of the Army of Spain.

Copper width: 210.00
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