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1. Massacre of the French king! : view of la guillotine, or the modern beheading machine, at Paris, by which the unfortunate Louis XVI (late King of France) suffered on the scaffold, January 21st, 1793
- Published / Created:
- [1793]
- Call Number:
- File 82 793M++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- text and still image
- Abstract:
- Minerva Press broadside detailing the unfortunate end of Louis XVI on the guillotine, January 21, 1793 in Paris. The broadside includes a woodcut illustration of a man lying face down waiting for the blade of the guillotine to drop; the decree of the French National Convention authorizing the execution of "Louis Capet;" descriptions of his execution and of the guillotine--"the modern beheading machine"--and a few anecdotes indicating "that for some time [the king] had been expecting his fate."
- Description:
- One of several variants; in this edition, the text of the second column begins with the words: "middle of the square, directly facing the gate of the garden of the Tuileries..." See also English short title catalogue, nos. T194096 and T039027., Caption title., Text printed in two columns; text and illustration within double-ruled black border., "Price three-pence.", "Where may be had an exact and authenticated copy of his will, price one-penny"--Lower margin., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed at the Minerva Office, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, and sold wholesale at one guinea per hundred and And retail by every bookseller, stationer, &c. in England, Scotland and Ireland
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Politics and government, Foreign public opinion, British, and Public opinion
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Massacre of the French king! : view of la guillotine, or the modern beheading machine, at Paris, by which the unfortunate Louis XVI (late King of France) suffered on the scaffold, January 21st, 1793
2. The martyr of equality [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 February 1793]
- Call Number:
- 793.02.12.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Orléans (Égalité), looking to the right, stands on the scaffold dressed as a grenadier of the National Guard. He holds out by the hair the decollated head of Louis XVI, while he waves his cap in his right hand. Behind (left) is the guillotine, with the King's body; streams of blood pour from head and trunk. Below the scaffold (right) are heads and bayonets of the National Guard, and, behind, two large buildings, the windows and roofs filled with spectators; those on the roof wave their hats."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Text below title: Behold the progress of our system.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feb. 12, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France and France.
- Subject (Name):
- Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Guillotines (Punishment), and Decapitations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The martyr of equality [graphic]
