Louis XVI Still Image

Oval portrait of King Louis XVI with powdered wig, wearing an ermine-trimmed robe decorated with gold fleur-de-lis and royal decorations, set within a gilded frame.

Dublin Core

Title

Louis XVI

Description

Here was the "body politic" of the old regime. Theoretically, France existed only as an entity in the body of the King. The citizens were his subjects; the geographical parts linked together only through the monarch. Robed and wigged, he was an emblem of a centuries–old regime.

Source

Cornell 4606, Box 15

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/175/

Identifier

175

Citation

“Louis XVI,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/175.