EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE  HAND COLORED  COPPER ENGRAVING  OF LOUIS SEIZE  LOUIS 

ROI DES FRANCAIS RESTAURATEUR DE LA LIBERTE

PRESENTE AU ROI ET A ASSEMBLEE NATIONALE PAR l' AUTEUR

LEFT BOTTOM CORNER PEINT PAR CALLET , PEINTER DU ROI

RIGHT HAND CORNER  GRAVE  EN 1790 PAR BERVIC , GRAVEUR  DU ROI

FROM A RESTRIKE FROM THE 1790 PLATE 

FRAMED                    23 1/2 " H x 31 " L

A FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT OF LOUIS THE XVI IN   HIS CORONATION ROBES AFTER THE PORTRAIT BY CALLET AT VERSAILLES, BERVIC  REPRODUCED IN BLACK AND WHITE ,KEPT PACE WITH THE REVOLUTION  MOVEMENT , AND AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY POPULARE  DEE ARTS  BROKE THE COPPER PLATE  OF THE KINGS PORTRAIT, AND TORE IT IN HALVES ALL THE PROOFS OF I IT WHICH HE POSSESSED THE PLATE SINCE THEN HAS BEEN REPAIRED 

THE ONLY OTHER ENGRAVINGS  ARE EITHER IN A MUSEUM OR SOMEONES COLLECTION !!!!

PLEASE OBSERVE ALL PICTURES AS THEY ARE ALL PART OF THE DESCRIPTION    !!!!!