The Prediction, portraying Queen Marie Antoinette, in large, wide-brimmed and plumed hat, and fur-trimmed pink satin cape over a long blue silk dress, and the Princess de Lamballe, in a white lace hat with black band, and wide lace collar over a black shawl, consulting a natural philosopher, seated in a large lapis lazuli-coloured robe and fur hat, a globe and books at his side, glass jars on a shelf above.

