PrintsFrench18th-19th century

Louis XVI

1790

Artists

Charles Clément BervicArtist

Antoine-François CalletArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Culture

French

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest to nephew, 1856. William Gray, gift to Harvard University, 1857.

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