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Marie Antoinette

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Hilaire Belloc
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The narrative traces the life of the French queen from her dynastic upbringing and marriage into the royal household through court life, scandals, and political crises. It chronicles episodes such as intrigues surrounding court favorites, the notorious jewel affair, popular uprisings, a failed royal escape, wartime strains and the collapse of the monarchy, followed by imprisonment and death. The author treats these events as a convergence of personal impulses, misjudgments, and larger impersonal forces, arguing for a sense of tragic destiny. The volume is organized chronologically and supplemented with illustrations, maps, and documentary appendices.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Last Act of the French Monarchy. Order given on 10th August, 1792, to the Guard at the Tuileries to cease fire and return to Barracks Frontispiece
 
Maria Theresa - From the tapestry portrait woven for Marie Antoinette and recently restored to Versailles 13
 
Madame de Pompadour - From the Portrait by Boucher in the National Gallery, Edinburgh. From a photo by T. R. Annan & Sons 18
 
The First Dauphin (the Father of Louis XVI.) 26
 
Louis XVI. - From the principal bust at Versailles 70
 
The Emperor Joseph II. - From the tapestry portrait woven for Marie Antoinette and recently restored to Versailles 103
 
Marie Antoinette - From the principal bust at Versailles 117
 
The Countess of Provence - From the bust at Versailles 129
 
Marie Antoinette - After the painting by Madame Vigée Le Brun. From photo kindly lent by Duveen Bros., Old Bond Street 154
 
Portrait Bust of the Duke of Normandy, the second Dauphin, Sometimes called Louis XVII., who died in the Temple 163
 
Autograph Note of Louis XVI. recalling Necker, on the 16th of July, after the Fall of the Bastille 213
 
The Tuileries, from the Garden or West Side, in 1789 231
 
Facsimile of the First Page of the Address to the French People written by Louis XVI. before his Flight 260
 
Pétion 286
 
Barnave 289
 
Facsimile of the First Page of the Letter written on the 3rd September, 1791, by Marie Antoinette to the Emperor, her Brother, proposing Armed Intervention 297
 
East Front of the Tuileries (the side Attacked by the Mob) in its last State before the Commune of 1871, after the Clearing away of the Streets and Houses in Front of it 314
 
An Early View of the Approach to the Tuileries from the Carrousel, showing the Three Courtyards 322
 
Contemporary Print of the Fighting in the Courtyard 327
 
Inscription on the Broken Bust of the Dauphin. A Relic of the Sack of the Palace 329
 
The Tower of the Temple at the Moment of the Royal Family’s Imprisonment 333
 
A Rough Miniature of the Princesse de Lamballe Preserved at the Carnavalet 337
 
Sanson’s Letter asking the Authorities what Steps he is to take for the Execution of the King 343
 
Autograph Demand of Louis XVI. for a Respite of Three Days 344
 
Report of the Commissioners that all is duly arranged for the Burial of Louis Capet after his Execution 346
 
First Page of Louis XVI.’s Will 348
 
Order of the Committee of Public Safety in Cambon’s Handwriting, directing the Dauphin to be separated from his Mother 356
 
Last Portrait of Marie Antoinette, by Kocharski Presumably sketched in the Temple, and now at Versailles 365
 
Gateway of the Law Courts through which the Queen went to her Death 380
 
First Page of Marie Antoinette’s Last Letter 395
 
Facsimile of the Death-warrant of Marie Antoinette 398