A framed ledger of expenses for the care of...

A framed ledger of expenses for the care of prisoners in the Bastille signed by Louis XV

dated 20 August 1731

Listing the cost of food and other expenses for prisoners of the Bastille from May to July 1731, totaling 4,144 livres, with signature by Louis XV authorizing payment; framed together with an unrelated etching of Louis XV.

H: 15, W: 19 in. (frame)

PROVENANCE:

The collection of Georges Perrier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.