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A gaoler, wearing a Phrygian cap, reading out summons for executions to distressed prisoners of the French Revolution. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after A. Johannot, 1881.
Wellcome Collection

A gaoler, wearing a Phrygian cap, reading out summons for executions to distressed prisoners of the French Revolution. Line engraving by W. Greatbach after A. Johannot, 1881.

Alfred Johannot · 1881

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Summoning to execution. A. Johannot pinxt. W. Greatbach sc.

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