MARIE ANTOINETTE (Queen of France, 1774-1793). Warrent signed ('Payez Marie Antoinette') addressed to the Treasurer General of her household, Marc-Antoine-François-Marie Randon de la Tour, Versailles, 1 October 1785 , instructing him to arrange payment of two hundred and sixty-six livres to six members of the King's Swiss Guard who are in her service, for their provisions during the previous quarter, signed by the Queen on the left beside a second signature ('Marie Antoinette') written by her secretaire de la main , countersigned by Augureau, one page, folio (265 x 245mm) , (small strip, 155 x 5mm, cut away from inner margin). One of the principal functions of the secretaire de la main was to imitate the Queen's signature on documents. If, as here, the document was of sufficient importance, Marie Antoinette signed it herself in addition.
MARIE ANTOINETTE (Queen of France, 1774-1793). Warrent signed ('Payez Marie Antoinette') addressed to the Treasurer General of her household, Marc-Antoine-François-Marie Randon de la Tour, Versailles, 1 October 1785 , instructing him to arrange payment of two hundred and sixty-six livres to six members of the King's Swiss Guard who are in her service, for their provisions during the previous quarter, signed by the Queen on the left beside a second signature ('Marie Antoinette') written by her secretaire de la main , countersigned by Augureau, one page, folio (265 x 245mm) , (small strip, 155 x 5mm, cut away from inner margin). One of the principal functions of the secretaire de la main was to imitate the Queen's signature on documents. If, as here, the document was of sufficient importance, Marie Antoinette signed it herself in addition.
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