Louise Benedicte de Bourbon, Duchess of Maine, 1676-1753. Hosted an influential salon at the Chateau de Sceaux. In cloak with fur collar, rich gown with lace sleeves. La Fee. La Duchesse du Maine. Handcoloured steel engraving by Adele Laisne after an illustration by Theophile Fragonard, within a decorative cartouche by Bertrand, from Augustin Challamel's Autrefois ou Le Bon Vieux Temps, Types de 18e Siecle, Challamel et Cie, 1842.

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