Entrance with Louis XIV mirror
Kasteel-Gravenwezel, Antwerp
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”Benjamin Franklin’s reception at the court of France, 1778. Respectfully dedicated to the people of the United States.” Hand-coloured lithograph.
Print shows Benjamin Franklin receiving a laurel wreath upon his head. From left to right, some of the members of the French court include: Duchesse Jules de Polignac, Princesse Lamballe (holding flowers), Diane de Polignac (holding wreath), Comte de Vergennes, Mme Campan, Contesse de Neuilly, Marie-Antoinette (seated), Louis XVI, Princess Elizabeth.
The Franco-American alliance was promoted in the United States by Thomas Jefferson, a Francophile. Based on the Model Treaty of 1776, Jefferson encouraged the role of France as an economic and military partner to the United States, in order to weaken British influence.
Date 1860s
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Nat King Cole
—Autumn Leaves
Nat King Cole — Autumn Leaves - 1955
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