Caption:
Ceremonial costume of King Louis XVI, 1754-1793, last King of France before the French Revolution. Standing next to a table with quill pens, books and a bill for the abolition of torture. Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre. Handcoloured lithograph by Lorenzo Bianchi and Domenico Cuciniello after Hippolyte Lecomte from Costumi civili e militari della monarchia francese dal 1200 al 1820, Naples, 1825. Italian edition of Lecomtes Civilian and military costumes of the French monarchy from 1200 to 1820.