still image Satires (Visual works) French 1790-1800. gmgpc Etchings French Hand-colored 1790-1800. gmgpc [1791] fre Print shows Marie Antoinette taking an enormous step from the rooftop of the Tuileries Palace in Paris to Montmédy, she is holding the royal scepter, from which the tip has broken off, in her right hand, Louis XVI, also touching the scepter, and the dauphin (Louis XVII) ride on her back, reaching for her hand and dress from the roof are Marie-Therese-Charlotte (or Madame Royale, her eldest daughter) and Elizabeth (sister of Louis XVI). Directly beneath the outstretched skirt of Marie Antoinette are the Comtesse de Le Motte with breasts exposed, holding aloft a neckless, and the Cardinal Rohan, associated through the Diamond neckless affair, also present is Duke de Coigny. On the left, supporting the rock at Montmédy under her right foot, are Jacques-Antoine-Marie de Cazalès, the Abbé Maury with a long snake extending from his mouth, and vicomte de Mirabeau holding bottle and glass. At the far left, a couple anxiously awaits the arrival of the royal family. Title from item. de Vinck, Blum, (DLC/PP-1983:172.38). Forms part of: French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Representing Revolution : French & British Images, 1789-1804" at the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, Sept. 15-Nov. 1, 1989. Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France, 1755-1793--Family. Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793--Family. Louis XVII, of France, 1785-1795. Angoulême, Marie-Thérèse Charlotte, duchesse d', 1778-1851. Cazalès, Jacques-Antoine-Marie de, 1758-1805. Maury, Jean Siffrein, 1746-1817. Mirabeau, vicomte de, 1754-1795. La Motte, Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois, comtesse de, 1756-1791. Rohan-Guémené, Louis-René-Édouard, prince de, 1734-1803. Escapes--France--1790-1800. France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799. French Political Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b51539 No known restrictions on publication.