Engraving with etching of Louis XVI, King of France. An allegorical print in which a bust of the King is shown surmounted on a pedestal, standing beneath an archway supported by vases of flowers. Before the bust of the King is shown a scene of a father presenting his son with a sword, while gesturing towards the bust. The mourning figure of the mother stands to the left, while two small children stand at the feet of their elder brother. Cut down with a scratched inscription below. For an earlier state before letters see RCIN 617406 and for a later state see RCIN 617408.