King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette kneel in prayer as Louis becomes king of France on the death of Louis XV. Line engraving with etching by F.A.B. Audibran after J. David, 1883.

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Louis XV died of smallpox at Versailles on 10 May 1774

Paris : Richard Bentley and son, 1883.

1 print : line engraving, with stipple and etching ; image 12.9 x 9.7 cm

Guidez nous, protégez nous, mon Dieu! nous regnons trop jeunes. Jules David del. Audibran sc.

Louis Blanc, Histoire de la révolution française, vol. 2, Paris 1847, pp. 10-12

Wellcome Collection 43693i

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