The unfortunate Louis XVIth the minute before his death [graphic]

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Title: The unfortunate Louis XVIth the minute before his death [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created: [ca. 1793]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Louis XVI gives his last speech as he stands before the guillotine
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Quote below title: "To thee, O God, I commend my soul! I forgive my enemies, I die innocent."
Provenance: Suckling; May 1957.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Memorial works England 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic): Death and burial
Guillotines (Punishment)
Subjects: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 > Death and burial
Guillotines (Punishment)
England > 1793
England > London > 1793

Access: Public
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