MARIE ANTOINETTE ON HER WAY TO THE PLACE OF EXECUTION

Original 1878 2 1/2 inch x 8 3/8 inch engraving titled MARIE ANTOINETTE ON HER WAY TO THE PLACE OF EXECUTION

Sculpture of the queen in plain dress and cap, walking to right with hands bound behind back, looking down over her right shoulder with indignance.

Engraved by H C Balding. British printmaker working for the Art Journal.

From the statue by Lord Ronald Gower (1845 – 1916). Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, known as Lord Ronald Gower, was a Scottish Liberal politician, sculptor and writer from the Leveson-Gower family.

Published in the Art Journal by J.S. Virtue & Co. Ltd., London.

Page size 12 3/8 inch x 9 1/4 inch

The engraving is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.