Vue du Passage du cortege de sa Majeste Louis XVIII
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Date
1809-1819Description
Engraving showing King Louis XVIII in a carriage processing across the Pont-Neuf in Paris on May 3, 1814. Parisians in formal dress are gathered to watch, and Madame Blanchard's balloon is pictured in the sky in the distance. Above the line-drawn frame around the illustration sit a pair of angles. For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/518
Subject
Military uniforms, Processions, cityscapes (representations), Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824