Let Them Eat Cake

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Let Them Eat Cake

This is a rendering of a cottage belonging to French queen Marie Antoinette (1755-1793). The phrase "Let them eat cake" is often attributed to Marie Antoinette, but there is no evidence she ever uttered it, and it is now generally regarded as a "journalistic cliché."

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11 x 15, watercolor on 140-lb. watercolor paper
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Art/Drawing Misc. Watercolor Architecture cottage exterior building garden marie antoinette france queen residence 1700's french revolution colorful 18th century brick orange garden gate balcony history trees green stairwa

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