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![[Louis XVI, King of France, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbG91aXMteHZpLWtpbmctb2YtZnJhbmNlLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLWZhY2luZy1sZWZ0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/497/jpg "[Louis XVI, King of France, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]")
![[Woman, head-and-shoulders portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvd29tYW4taGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Woman, head-and-shoulders portrait]")
![[Louis XV, King of France, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMzAvbG91aXMteHYta2luZy1vZi1mcmFuY2UtaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1zbGlnaHRseS1yaWdodC01ZDBiMjAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Louis XV, King of France, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right]")
![[Charles I, King of Great Britain, 1600-1649, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvY2hhcmxlcy1pLWtpbmctb2YtZ3JlYXQtYnJpdGFpbi0xNjAwLTE2NDktZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtc3RhbmRpbmctZmFjaW5nLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/56/webp "[Charles I, King of Great Britain, 1600-1649, full-length portrait, standing, facing left]")
![[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvbG91aXMtZGUtcm91dnJveS1kdWMtZGUtc2FpbnQtc2ltb24taGFsZi1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLXNsaWdodGx5LWxlZnQtYjc0Y2IyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]")
![[Herbert E. French, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, hands on back of chair]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvaGVyYmVydC1lLWZyZW5jaC1oYWxmLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC1oYW5kcy1vbi1iYWNrLW9mLTY2NTUxNy02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[Herbert E. French, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, hands on back of chair]")
![[Frances Alda, soprano, full-length portrait, facing front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvZnJhbmNlcy1hbGRhLXNvcHJhbm8tZnVsbC1sZW5ndGgtcG9ydHJhaXQtZmFjaW5nLWZyb250LTlmOTA3Zi02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Frances Alda, soprano, full-length portrait, facing front]")
![[Frances Willard, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvZnJhbmNlcy13aWxsYXJkLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC00OWI3YWItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/55/webp "[Frances Willard, half-length portrait, seated, facing left]")
