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Committee of Public Safety
In the French Revolution (1789-1799), the Committee of Public Safety (French: Comité De Salut Public) was a political body created to oversee the defense of the French Republic from foreign and domestic enemies. To achieve this goal, the...
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Thermidorian Reaction
The Thermidorian Reaction refers to the period of the French Revolution (1789-1799) between the fall of Maximilien Robespierre on 27-28 July 1794 and the establishment of the French Directory on 2 November 1795. The Thermidorians abandoned...
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Saint-Just and Robespierre at the Hôtel de Ville, on the night of 9 Thermidor Year II
Maximilien Robespierre, Louis Antoine Saint-Just, Georges Couthon, and their allies take shelter at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris on the night of 9-10 Thermidor Year II (27-28 July 1794), where they plot an insurrection against the National...
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Maximilien Robespierre
Portrait of Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794). Unidentified painter, c. 1790. Housed in the Musée Carnavalet.
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Cartoon Showing Robespierre Guillotining the Executioner After Having Guillotined Everyone Else
A political cartoon showing Maximilien Robespierre guillotining the executioner after having already guillotined everyone else in France. A commentary on the Reign of Terror. Unknown author, c. 1794.
National Library of France, Paris.
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Maximilien Robespierre as a Deputy of the Third Estate
Maximilien Robespierre dressed in the all-black attire of a deputy of the Third Estate, during the Estates-General of 1789 and the National Constituent Assembly. Oil on canvas portrait by Pierre-Roch Vigneron, after a pastel drawing by Adélaïde...
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Terracotta Bust of Robespierre, 1791
A terracotta bust of French revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794), by French sculptor Claude André Deseine, 1791. Currently in the Museum of the French Revolution since 1986. Photo credits to Wikipedia user Rama.
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Sketch of Robespierre on the Way to the Guillotine
Sketch of Maximilien Robespierre on the way to the guillotine, 28 July 1794, attributed to Jacques-Louis David.
Morgan Library & Museum, New York.
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Fall of Robespierre in the National Convention, 27 July 1794
Fall of Maximilien Robespierre on the floor of the National Convention, 27 July 1794 (9 Thermidor Year II). Oil on canvas by Max Adamo, 1870.
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
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Tallien Demands the Arrest of Robespierre
On 9 Thermidor Year II (27 July 1794), Jean-Lambert Tallien brandished a dagger and demanded the arrest of Maximilien Robespierre. Engraving by Lecouturier after a drawing by Auguste Raffet, Paris, published by Furne and W. Coquebert, 1847.
