The Independent - London, November 7th, 2007
By Ciar ByrneArts and Media Correspondent The decadent fashions of 18th-century France continued to fascinate art collectors long after the French Revolution, among them the Rothschild banking dynasty. Now a collection of 75 drawings, many of them depicting the ancien regime which was in place before 1789, is to be shown in public for the first time. It is also the first time that the drawings, ranging from scandalous scenes of the French aristocracy to costume designs and intricate architectural drawings, have left Waddesdon Manor - the country mansion built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild...
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