Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Louis XVI of France bids his farewell to the people of Paris while ascending the stairs to the scaffold where he was guillotined on the 21 January 1793. Aquatint with engraving by C. Silanio after C. Benazech, 1793.
Louis XVI of France bids his farewell to the people of Paris while ascending the stairs to the scaffold where he was guillotined on the 21 January 1793. Aquatint with engraving by C. Silanio after C. Benazech, 1793.
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Louis XVI of France bids his farewell to the people of Paris while ascending the stairs to the scaffold where he was guillotined on the 21 January 1793. Aquatint with engraving by C. Silanio after C. Benazech, 1793.

Charles Benazech · 1793

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Lettering: Le dernier moment de la vie du roy Louis XVI encouragé par son confesseur Edgeworth a la vue de son supplice tandis que le général Santerre le 21 janvier 1793. Peint par Benazech. Gravé par Silanio

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