Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Marie-Antoinette and Her First Born

The Queen sits close by as her baby daughter is nursed. Although Marie-Antoinette had hoped to break with convention and nurse her child herself (and did so some of the time), Empress Maria Theresa talked her into hiring a wet nurse. (From Vive la Reine.) Share

2 comments:

Hans Georg Lundahl said...

Madame Première = Madame Royale = Mousseline la Sérieuse?

elena maria vidal said...

Oui.