In the Footsteps of Marie-Antoinette | Wallace Collection

Podcast Series | Episode 1

https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/embed/1418fe25f50b799cb427

Marie-Antoinette: A Life in Objects

 

Image of an 18th century golden candle stick by Claude-Jean Pitoin depicting ornate fish at the base.

Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, visits the Wallace Collection in London on the trail of objects that once belonged to Marie-Antoinette.

With Dr Helen Jacobsen, Curator of French 18th-century Decorative Arts, the Wallace Collection, London.

 

Music | Excerpts from 'Orphee et Euridice' (Paris Version) by Gluck, licensed courtesy of Naxos Music UK Ltd.

Cover image | © Wallace Collection

Production | ChromeRadio for TORCH / Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford | Producer - Catriona Oliphant.

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