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Friday, January 10, 2014

Serenade for a Queen

Marie-Antoinette is serenaded as she stands stands in white on the Tour de Malbrouk in the gardens of Trianon. (Via Vive la Reine.) She built the small tower in honor of the birth of her oldest son, Louis-Joseph, whose lullaby was Marlbrouk s'en va-t-en guerre.

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