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[Portraits]. Villeneuve (19th cent.). "La panthere autrichienne" (Portrait of Marie Antoinette, queen of France). Mezzotint, 18,5x15,5 cm. (image) and 22,5x15,5 cm. (incl. captions), on chine collé, 1792, with the engraver's address, engraved title above and caption below.{#} - Waterstain along right edge of right margin; margins sl. duststained. = Rare. Part of a pair of portraits of the king and queen of France on a medallion hanging in a street lantern. It was published in 1792, shortly after their arrest and imprisonment by the French revolutionary forces. The portrait of the French king has the inscription 'Cette suspension vaut la déchéance' above, suggesting that the suspended lanterns deserve to fall.