
LOUIS SEIZE, ROI DES FRANÇAIS, RESTAURATEUR DE LA LIBERTÉ
1790 | Object #: W-767/A-B
French ambassador Jean-Baptiste Ternant (1750-1816) presented George Washington with this portrait of King Louis XVI on December 22, 1791. Washington prominently displayed it in the state room of his Philadelphia residence and, later, in Mount Vernon's New Room. Its magnificent frame - one of the most…