LA BELLE POULE (C.1780)
£2.00
SKU BM-CLA438
Text on the reverse side:
In 1778, the French navy defeated the British, marking the beginning of France's engagement in the American War of Independence. In celebration, Marie Antoinette asked her hairdresser Léonard Autié to create a hairdo of the victorious French ship, La Belle Poule.