Scrapbook containing five prints with hidden silhouettes, all related to the French Revolution

Anonymous, German, 18th century German

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Scrapbook containing five prints with hidden silhouettes. The first print shows a landscape containing fifteen silhouettes. The print is accompanied by an additional piece of paper which contains a description of the scene and indicating which portraits are hidden where. Among them are the King and Queen of France and their two children, Robespierre and the Russian Empress Catherine the Great. The second print also shows a landscape scene and contains seven portraits including the Austrian Emperor, The British King, The Prince Electors from Mainz, Trier and Cologne and the King and Queen of France. The third print contains the four silhouettes of Emperor Frans II and his wife next to William, King of Prussia and Empress Catherine the Great. The fourth print has a similar composition and shows the King and Queen of France next to the King and Queen of England. The last print is an allegory representing the freedom of France, and contains the portraits of the Austrian Emperor, the King of Prussia as well as Robespierre and Barre.

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