The Last Interview of Louis XVI with His Family

1794

Thomas Ryder English, 1746-1810

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Title The Last Interview of Louis XVI with His Family

Artwork Date 1794

Artist Thomas Ryder

Life Dates 1746-1810

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. English

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Stipple engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Dimensions Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 16 × 14 1/8 inches (40.6 × 35.9 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 09.1S1049

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Inscriptions Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Du Puis Pinxt. Inscribed, lower right: Engrav'd by T. Ryder Inscribed, lower center: THE LAST INTERVIEW of LOUIS the SIXTEENTH with his DISCONSOLATE | QUEEN, CHILDREN & SISTER. | I moreover particularly implore God to cast an eye of mercy upon my Wife, my Children | and my Sister, who have so long suffered with me | I recommend my Children to my Wife, her maternal tenderness in their behalf I never doubled | vide bis Will. | London: Publish'd as the Act directs 14th Feby. 1794, by T. Ryder No. 43 Great Titchfield Street, Messrs. Colnagh's & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall & Mr. Mearl No. 36 Leadenhall Street.

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Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Thomas Ryder, The Last Interview of Louis XVI with His Family, 1794, stipple engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1049.