Print scene of Louis the Sixteenth, King of France pausing before being lead to guillotine during the French Revolution. Framed. One of a set of three.
engravings (prints)
engraving (printing process)
paper (fiber product)
Print
Print, Intaglio
Engraving
Engraving
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
AFTER Benazeck, C. (Maker)
Schiavonetti, Lewis (Engraver)
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. (Publisher)
25 x 30 x 1 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.2996.3
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