ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, October 2007. Marie-Therese was the eldest child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and was born in 1778. As such she was known as Madame Royale. She was named after Marie Antoinette's mother. She was doted on, especially by her father, and was close to both parents though she was more reserved than Marie Antoinette. She was in her early teens by the time the Revolution led to their imprisonment in the Temple. She could do nothing as first her father, then her brother and then her mother were taken away never to be seen again. She was given no news of their fates. Finaly her aunt Elisabeth was taken too, leaving the 15 year old Marie Therese alone. She scratched into the walls "Marie-Thérèse is the most unhappy creature in the world. She can obtain no news of her mother; nor be reunited to her, though she has asked it a thousand times." Marie Therese was finally released in 1795, after three years of confinement. The mood of the country had changed and her treatment had improved in the fnal months, but she was irrevocably scarred by the terrible experience. In 1796 she arrived at her mother's childhood home in Vienna.