Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 The scene is set during

The scene is set during the restoration by George Gwilt

Bird's-eye view of London showing the general line of the proposed Tottenham and Farringdon Street Extension Railway

The Cardinal is seated on a rather small and worried-looking ass and is readily identifiable by the 'cross keys' symbol

Insect specimens observed on the Ross Arctic expedition

In the left background a Frenchman weeps before a bust of Napoleon

Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 The scene is set duringDesk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris, 1911 1912. Bureau du Roi Louis XV, cylinder desk in French transitional Louis XV XVI style. Designed by Jean Francois Oeben, the master cabinet maker of the French royal arsenal and completed in 1769 by his successor, Jean Henri Riesener, in 1769. A print from The Book of Decorative Furniture its Form, Colour and History, Volume II by Edwin Foley, TC and EC Jack Ltd, London, 1911 1912.