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1.
A full and true account of the surprising trial and condemnation of his most Christian Majesty

Published / Created:
[1793]
Call Number:
File 82 793F+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., The woodcut shows a man under the guillotine with the executioner's hand on the rope ready to release the blade., Not in ESTC., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by S. White
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 and France. Convention nationale.
Subject (Topic):
History, Executions, and Guillotines (Punishment)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A full and true account of the surprising trial and condemnation of his most Christian Majesty Louis XVI ...

2.
Death of Louis XVI King of France who was beheaded Jany. 21st, 1793 [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1 September 1793]
Call Number:
793.09.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of text., Two of the men with King Louis are tentatively identified as Santerre and Sanson., Four lines of verse inscribed below title: When on the scaffold he did say, receive my soul O God I pray. Wringing his hands with upcast e[yes], and Oh, forgive my enemies., and Printed on brittle, acid paper.
Publisher:
Published Septr. 1st, 1793 by J. Evans, Long Lane
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793,, Santerre, Antoine-Joseph, 1752-1809., and Sanson, Charles Henri, 1738- .
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, History, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), and Spectators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Death of Louis XVI King of France who was beheaded Jany. 21st, 1793 [graphic].

3.
The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 February 1793]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this cloud are a long speech pleading for justice from the British nation and beginning: Wither, O wither shall my blood ascend for Justice? My throne is seized on by my murderers ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text above image: This exact representation of that instrument of French refinement in assassination, the guillotine, is submited to the "Gentlemen of the Phalanx" & other well-wishers to the King & Constitution of Great Britain, by their devoted servants at command, The Assassins of the King of France., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.3 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 38.1 x 27.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Decapitations, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), History, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance [graphic]

4.
The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance [graphic]

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16 February 1793]
Call Number:
793.02.16.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this cloud are a long speech pleading for justice from the British nation and beginning: Wither, O wither shall my blood ascend for Justice? My throne is seized on by my murderers ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text above image: This exact representation of that instrument of French refinement in assassination, the guillotine, is submited to the "Gentlemen of the Phalanx" & other well-wishers to the King & Constitution of Great Britain, by their devoted servants at command, The Assassins of the King of France., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Decapitations, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), History, and Foreign relations
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The blood of the murdered crying for vengeance [graphic]

5.
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]

6.
The unfortunate Louis XVIth the minute before his death [graphic]

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1793]
Call Number:
793.00.00.53
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Louis XVI gives his last speech as he stands before the guillotine
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Quote below title: "To thee, O God, I commend my soul! I forgive my enemies, I die innocent."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial and Guillotines (Punishment)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The unfortunate Louis XVIth the minute before his death [graphic]

7.
The zenith of French glory The pinnacle of liberty : religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 February 1793]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A ragged sansculotte sits astride a lamp brackets high above a square where a crowd, all wearing bonnets-rouges and all watching the beheading of Louis XVI. He fiddles as he smiles down at the scene. Hanging below him from the same lamp post are two monks and a bishop, their hands bound. Further in the distance are more hung bodies and a cathedral in flames
Alternative Title:
Pinnacle of liberty
Description:
Title etched below image, left., One line of text below title: Religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell!, 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.5 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 40.4 x 30.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 26 of volume 3 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 12th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Sansculottes, History, Clergy, Crowds, Fires, Guillotines (Punishment), Hangings (Executions), Liberty cap, Revolutions, and Scales
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The zenith of French glory The pinnacle of liberty : religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell! / [graphic]

8.
The zenith of French glory The pinnacle of liberty : religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[12 February 1793]
Call Number:
793.02.12.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A ragged sansculotte sits astride a lamp brackets high above a square where a crowd, all wearing bonnets-rouges and all watching the beheading of Louis XVI. He fiddles as he smiles down at the scene. Hanging below him from the same lamp post are two monks and a bishop, their hands bound. Further in the distance are more hung bodies and a cathedral in flames
Alternative Title:
Pinnacle of liberty
Description:
Title etched below image, left., One line of text below title: Religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell!, and Mounted to 47 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 12th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Sansculottes, History, Clergy, Crowds, Fires, Guillotines (Punishment), Hangings (Executions), Liberty cap, Revolutions, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The zenith of French glory The pinnacle of liberty : religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell! / [graphic]