Gilding the Gallery, Preparing for Louis XIV

versailles on paper2We are getting ready for the opening of the exhibition Versailles on Paper: A Graphic Panorama of the Palace and Gardens of Louis XIV at the end of the week.
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Our website is now live at: http://rbsc.princeton.edu/versailles. Ian Thompson, author of The Sun King’s Garden, will present the opening lecture in 101 McCormick Hall at 3:00 on Saturday, February 14, 2015.

A reception will follow in the Firestone Library gallery, seen here. These events are sponsored by the Friends of the Princeton University Library and the Department of French & Italian.
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Hope we finish. Hope you can make it to the festivities on Saturday.

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