The Demonstration of 20 June 1792

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Harrison W. Mark
by  Jean-Baptiste Vérité
published on 20 September 2022
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King Louis XVI of France is accosted by sans-culottes in the Tuileries Palace on 20 June 1792. To show he is unafraid, the king is seen holding the hand of a grenadier over his heart, saying, "See? It does not palpitate." Engraving by Jean-Baptiste Vérité, 1796.

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