Manuscript DS in French, signed “Payez, Marie Antoinette,” one page, 9.75 x 14.5, July 1, 1783. Untranslated document by which Marie Antoinette directs the Treasurer General at the Ministry of Finance to pay a sum of 300 livres, boldly endorsed in the lower left by the queen. Also secretarially endorsed in the lower right. In fine condition.
There were vast expenditures required for Marie Antoinette to maintain her household and frivolous lifestyle, perhaps best represented by her main project of this year—the construction of a miniature village, the Hameau de la Reine. She spent much of 1783 occupied with the creation of this rustic hamlet, a place of leisure where she could escape from the pressures of royal life. With the public becoming increasingly resentful of her extravagant lifestyle, this period marked the beginning of her downfall. A fantastic and well-preserved document affiliated with the extravagant spending that led to the queen's demise.
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