Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 In the left background a

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

The Royal Hospital and its formal gardens seen from the River Thames with sailing boats and rowing boats

showing the Frost Fair in the foreground and figures inspecting the incomplete piers of Westminster Bridge on the right

Insect specimens observed on the Ross Arctic expedition

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

Desk of Louis XV, the Louvre, Paris mb-code 1645630 In the left background aDesk 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.