Token Design for the Batiments du Roi: URGET PRAESENTIA REGIS
1698 - 1762
Studio of Edme Bouchardon
French
A hive of bees with workers entering from both sides, while the queen hovers above the apex.
Red chalk and graphite with guidelines in red chalk and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in red chalk, laid down on cream antique laid paper with blue antique laid paper border adhered to face