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.
The Last Interview of Louis XVI with His Family, 1794
- Thomas Ryder, English, 1746-1810
Stipple engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
- Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 16 × 14 1/8 inches (40.6 × 35.9 cm)
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S1049
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
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Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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.