And this is a portrait of my great-great-great (etc.) grand-uncle Parleur le Bec, a Parisian noble in the court of Louis XVI who was captured by revolutionaries and made to reveal state secrets. It’s said that it didn’t take much to convince him to talk.
Let them eat birdseed, John B. (The painting appears to be a portrait of Prince Viktor Kochubey, by the way.)
Where’s Birdie Antionette?
I’m surprised they failed to mention this guy in the recently televised version of Les Miserables. How on earth they omitted him is beyond me.
Both are dapper fellows.