Supplice de Louis XVI, Place de la Révolution, le 21 Janvier 1793; ou 1er Pluviôse An 1er de la République / Swebach Desfontaines inv. & del. ; Berthault sculps.

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Supplice de Louis XVI, Place de la Révolution, le 21 Janvier 1793; ou 1er Pluviôse An 1er de la République / Swebach Desfontaines inv. & del. ; Berthault sculps.

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Print shows French soldiers, some on horseback, and citizens gathered around the platform where Louis XVI stands before the guillotine on the day of his execution.

Plate from: Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française. Paris, chez Auber, 1804, no. 78.
Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1955 July 22.

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01/01/1804
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Contributors

Berthault, Pierre Gabriel, 1748-1819, etcher
Swebach de Fontaine, Jacques François Joseph, 1769-1823, artist
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Location

Montparnasse (Paris, France)48.84306, 2.32139
Google Map of 48.84305555555556, 2.3213888888888885
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