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Execution by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution (modern-day Place de la Condorde) in Paris, during the Reign of Terror. By Pierre-Antoine Demachy c. 1807.

The bandaged Maximilien Robespierre is carted off to the guillotine, 28 July 1794. Painting by Alfred Mouillard, 1884.

Sketch of Maximilien Robespierre on the way to the guillotine, 28 July 1794, attributed to Jacques-Louis David. Morgan Library & Museum, New York.

Jean Sylvain Bailly, former mayor of Paris, being led to his execution by guillotine on 11 November 1793, primarily for his role in the Champ de Mars Massacre. This illsutration is by an unknown author from the 19th century.

Drawing of Georges Danton just before his execution, 5 April 1794, attributed to Pierre-Alexandre Wille, 1794. Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

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