Marie Antoinette
1861
Edmond Morin’s 1861 illustration serves up a heavy dose of 18th-century royalty, featuring Marie Antoinette framed by a lavish wreath of roses. She’s rocking a towering powdered wig that defies gravity—a style she practically patented. Even though this was created during the Realism movement, which usually preferred gritty street scenes over royal glamour, Morin captures her elegance with sharp, precise lines. The floral border, signed by the famous engraver W. Linton, softens the stark black-and-white image, freezing the doomed queen in a moment of perfect, tragic beauty before the Revolution changed everything.
- Technique
- wood engraving
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