Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris Elizabeth of York Prisoners kneeling to receive the

Prisoners kneeling to receive the sacrament from a priest

side and back views

Sir Joseph Banks was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1766

A colour print from Famous Paintings

It was claimed that no adequate safeguards were in place to prevent such occurrences and that lessons had not been learned from previous floods

Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris Elizabeth of York Prisoners kneeling to receive theDesk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris, 1911 1912. Bureau du Roi Louis XV, cylinder desk in French transitional Louis XV XVI style. Designed by Jean Francois Oeben, the master cabinet maker of the French royal arsenal and completed in 1769 by his successor, Jean Henri Riesener, in 1769. A print from The Book of Decorative Furniture its Form, Colour and History, Volume II by Edwin Foley, TC and EC Jack Ltd, London, 1911 1912.