Esther, Jewish Queen of Persia, wife of King Ahasuerus, character in Jean Racine's tragedy Esther 1689. In diadem, purple mantle over blue and white robes, seated on a cushioned throne near a candelabra. Hand-coloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Philippe Chéry from Jean-Charles Le Vacher de Charnois’s Recherches sur les Costumes et sur les Theatres de Toutes les Nations, M. Drouhin, Paris, 1790.

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