Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Mezzotint of Marie-Antoinette

Via Vive la Reine:

  • Oh Death, thou gentle end of human sorrows,
    Long did my weary eyelids vainly wake
    In tedious expectation of thy peace
  • The inscription is a quotation from "Tamerlane" by Nicholas Rowe.
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