Poisonous Queen

An illustration depicting Marie Antoinette creating a poisonous potion in order to sicken her son, Louis-Joseph, whom this libelle (and others) claimed ultimately fatally succumbed to her machinations.



From Vie de Marie-Antoinette d’Autriche, reine de France, femme de Louis XVI, roi des Français; a revolutionary pamphlet published in 1793, after Marie Antoinette’s execution. Via Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Another print from this awful pamphlet :



A satirical engraving of Marie Antoinette plying Louis XVI with drink in order to convince him to commit treasonous acts.

And also :



An illustration depicting Marie Antoinette having a dream where she is visited by the spirits of Fredegund and Judith of Bavaria, who give her advice on how to be corrupt and deceptive to her husband and the French people.
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C'est intéressant : les légendes sont plus abominables que les images (somme toute assez anodines).

Bint Georch a écrit:

C'est intéressant : les légendes sont plus abominables que les images (somme toute assez anodines).

Oui.