Arrestation de Louis Capet à Varennes, le 22 Juin 1791 Prieur inv. & del. ; Berthault sculp

Print shows the interior of a tavern where Louis XVI and his family have stopped to eat while on their attempted escape to Varennes, traveling in disguise, they have been identified, and are apprehended by a mob of revolutionaries who have burst into the room.

Illustration from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 53.

Purchase; J.R. Young, Washington, D.C.; rec'd. 1902 May 24.

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