1989 Italian Poster - Maria Antonietta condotta alla ghigliottina (Marie-Antoinette taken to the guillotine) spiders Ella du Cane was a

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1989 Italian Poster - Maria Antonietta condotta alla ghigliottina (Marie-Antoinette taken to the guillotine) spiders Ella du Cane was aDate: 1989 Size: 27. 5 x 19. 5 inches Artist: G. Duthod About the Poster: When Marie Antoinette was taken to the her death on 16 October 1793, her last words, after accidentally stepping on the foot of her executioner, were "Pardon, monsieur. I did not do it on purpose" (Fraser, 440). The legacy of Marie Antoinette is of a tragic figure, a victim of her time and circumstance. Artist signed and numbered and ready to frame. Rare.