Nine Emigrants Go to the Guillotine Still Image

Engraving of a guillotine execution in a French town square, with condemned men on the scaffold and in a cart, surrounded by armed soldiers and a watching crowd.

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Title

Nine Emigrants Go to the Guillotine

Description

In a woodcut that appeared in Révolutions de Paris, the guillotine is used before a crowd of soldiers and patriotic onlookers, to execute nine "émigrés" who had tried to fell France and thus demonstrated themselves to be traitors.

Creator

None Identified

Source

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Date

1792

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/124/|Michel Hennin. Estampes relatives à l'Histoire de France. Tome 128, Pièces 11231-11307, période : 1792

Format

JPEG

Language

French

Identifier

124

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Engraving

Physical Dimensions

9.5 x 15.5 cm

Title (French)

Neuf émigrés à la guillotine

Caption

Neuf émigrés ayant été pris les armes à la main furent amenés à Paris, jugés par un conseil de guerre et exécutés sur la place de Grêve, le plus âgé n'avait pas 30 ans

Citation

None Identified, “Nine Emigrants Go to the Guillotine,” LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY: EXPLORING THE FRENCH REVOUTION, accessed November 9, 2026, https://revolution.chnm.org/d/124.