Galeries historiques de Versailles: dédiées à sa majesté la reine des francais: Rois de France
A French royal portrait gallery published in 1843 by Charles Gavard, dedicated to the Queen of the French and drawing on the Versailles collection of kings of France. The four engraved plates show crowned monarchs in profile or three-quarter view, with ermine-trimmed robes, sceptres and crowns rendered in fine parallel line engraving. A designer could take from them the restrained steel-engraved manner and regal costume details for period or heraldic work.
