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Engraving depicting the execution of King Louis XVI of France by guillotine on 21 January 1793, in the Place de la Revolution, Paris. The executioner displays his severed head to the crowd. Engraving by Isidore Stanislas Helman, after Charles Monnet, 1794.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Original image by Isidore Stanislas Helman. Uploaded by Harrison W. Mark, published on 02 September 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Helman, I. S. (2022, September 02). Execution of Louis XVI. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16313/execution-of-louis-xvi/
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Helman, Isidore Stanislas. "Execution of Louis XVI." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 02, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16313/execution-of-louis-xvi/.
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Helman, Isidore Stanislas. "Execution of Louis XVI." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 02 Sep 2022. Web. 21 Dec 2024.
