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Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores|Louis XVI, King of France|Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

The Grand Monarck Discovered in a Pot de Chambre, or The Fugitives Turning Tail

June 28, 1791
Hand-colored etching
23.8 × 33 cm (9.4 × 13 in)

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