The Arrest of Louis XVI and His Family at Varennes
Thomas Falcon Marshall · 1854
Why it's great
In June 1791 the royal family, trying to escape France in disguise, was recognized and stopped by villagers in the town of Varennes. Thomas Falcon Marshall painted the moment of the arrest in 1854.
🏛️ Part of history
The French Revolution (1789–1799) — In June 1791 the royal family, trying to escape France in disguise, was recognized and stopped by villagers in the town of Varennes.
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Thomas Falcon Marshall was an English painter born in Liverpool in 1818. He lived in London and painted historical and storytelling pictures, many of them about the English Civil War and Mary Queen of Scots. He died in Kensington in 1878.
