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Louis XIV (1638-1715), King of France

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  • 1638-1715

King of France (1643–1715). Known for maintaining a system of absolute rule: the king ruled unhampered by challenges from representative institutions but with the aid of ministers and councils subject to his will.

Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), French queen and wife of Louis XVI

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  • 1755–1793

A daughter of Maria Theresa and the Emperor Francis I, she married the future Louis XVI of France in 1770, becoming queen four years later. She became a focus for opposition to reform and won widespread unpopularity through her extravagant lifestyle. Like her husband she was imprisoned during the French Revolution and eventually executed.

Durand, Asher B. (1796-1886), painter and engraver

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  • 1796-1886

American painter and engraver. His early work was mainly as an engraver and he established his reputation with his print after John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence and with portraits of eminent contemporaries. In the 1830s he turned increasingly to painting.

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